A new use for fiber optic lines: detecting earthquakes, Caltech researchers say

Imagine repurposing underground fiber optic cables, typically used for delivering high-speed Internet to California residents, to detect and measure earthquakes. That is the focus of a recent research by scientists at the California Institute of Technology led by Zhongwen Zhan.

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