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Use an army of home computers! – Thousands of personal laptops have helped to listen for SETI signals and search for Dark Matter. No matter what is causing these quakes, seismologists want to use home computers to detect them early, so they can warn people about them.

Earth scientist Elizabeth Cochran wants Every personal computer to double as a seismic monitor, especially since she works in California, where the next Big One has long been predicted. What will happen if you sign up with “Quake Catchers?” You’ll install a sensor on your computer that costs less than $50 (some computers already have them), then you’ll be reading the great stories on unknowncountry.com and your computer will begin to tremble.
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What to do in case one hits you – Whether or not it has something to do with that mysterious machine known as Haarp, there have been earthquakes all over the world lately, and we’ve posted an Insight that tells you what to do in case YOU’RE in one. Also, seismologists say that the recent quake in Nebraska was a result of the huge quake in Chile. The USGS has confirmed that most parts of Nebraska experienced a 3.5 magnitude earthquake on Thursday, March 11, which was felt as far away as in some parts of Missouri.The US Geological survey says that the earthquake is the result of the Humboldt Fault Line.

NOTE: The material in this Insight is disputed by other experts, so please read it, but also read the expert opinion about it: clickhere and here.
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Here’s earthshaking news: The earthquake in Chile not only changed the spin of the Earth, it moved an entire city 10 feet to the west.

In In Wired.com, Betsy Mason reports that GPS measurements reveal that not only did the city of Concepcion move 10 feet, the capital of Chile, Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos Aires, which is 800 miles away from the center of the quake, moved an inch.
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The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it changed the tilt of the Earth’s axis, but it did NOT produce the huge waves (tsunamis) that scientists were worried about. Why not?

Large tsunamis were reported along Chile’s coastline, but they did not cross the Pacific and inundate the West Coast of the US. In contrast to this a 9.5 earthquake of 1960 created a tsunami that claimed swept across Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines, killing 200 people.
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