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Using Small Earthquakes to Assess Building Integrity
March 21, 2012 | Computer World

Small devices that monitor motion in three directions will be installed in buildings to gather data during Japan’s small earthquakes. The data will be used to determine how the building might be damaged in a large earthquake.


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