You should be receiving a separate news release this week from the Ohio Geological Survey announcing the establishment of the network. To help accommodate reporters, photographers and videographers during the crush of finals week here at UC, the geology department has set aside time from 10 a.m.-noon Wednesday, March 17th , to see the UC station in action and interview Professor Kilinc, the station's director. Ten years ago, the cost would have been ten times higher. The equipment was designed by Larry J. Ruff of the University of Michigan. All three components are in the Geology-Physics building.
Internet connections allow researchers to share data within Ohio and nationwide.
Each station was assigned its own unique Internet address, but special software is needed to access the data. That allows fast comparisons of data on an hourly, daily, or even monthly basis. More than a dozen were strong enough to cause significant damage and shaking. The largest Ohio-centered earthquake was in Shelby County in 1937 with a magnitude estimated at 5.5. Southern Ohio has experienced more than 30 earthquakes.