Hurricane Irma is being detected by earthquake-measuring equipment
As Hurricane Irma barrels toward Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, it's showing its strength in an unusual way.
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With sustained winds of over 185 mph churning up waves and a a monstrous storm surge, Irma has started to register on seismometers in the Caribbean typically used to measure earthquakes.
Seismometer recordings from the past 48 hours on Guadeloupe show Cat. 5 #Hurricane #Irma driving closer toward the Lesser Antilles pic.twitter.com/9y3Nuv2Z9E
— Stephen Hicks (@seismo_steve) September 5, 2017 Read more...