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  Seismic Sounds  
 

Note time and frequency scales are not identical, spectrograms displayed together for a general comparison of images.

 

Click on spectrogram to hear sound (wav file). Use QuickTime player to listen to the sounds.

Click on image "name" for a complete description of the sound.

earthquake spectrogram, click to listen
Earthquake
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wav: 2.85MB
 
tremor spectrogram, click to listen
Tremor

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wav: 1.18MB
  whistle soundEruption
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wav: 809K