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And from 1982 to this moment, PCMag has witnessed and chronicled so many rises and falls that our oeuvre resembles a cultural seismogram.
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PCMAG, 27 July 2022
The difference between any two whole magnitude numbers — say a 4 and a 5 — is a tenfold increase in amplitude as measured on a seismogram, according to the USGS.
—Ben Brasch, ajc, 18 June 2022
The characteristic cultural fingerprints of some cities are notable by their absence on seismograms.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
Her wavelets have helped geologists analyze seismograms and neuroscientists read MRI images of brain activity.
—Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
By placing a pen on the weight and paper on the frame scientists can see the relative motion of the weight and frame through the markings, which create a seismogram.
—Ben Finio, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2019
Magnitude was about how big the waves were on a seismogram at a particular distance from the epicenter.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, 4 July 2019
One of my first jobs was working as a seismogram analyst in Wellington, New Zealand.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
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PCMAG, 27 July 2022
The difference between any two whole magnitude numbers — say a 4 and a 5 — is a tenfold increase in amplitude as measured on a seismogram, according to the USGS.
—Ben Brasch, ajc, 18 June 2022
The characteristic cultural fingerprints of some cities are notable by their absence on seismograms.
—Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
Her wavelets have helped geologists analyze seismograms and neuroscientists read MRI images of brain activity.
—Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
By placing a pen on the weight and paper on the frame scientists can see the relative motion of the weight and frame through the markings, which create a seismogram.
—Ben Finio, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2019
Magnitude was about how big the waves were on a seismogram at a particular distance from the epicenter.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, 4 July 2019
One of my first jobs was working as a seismogram analyst in Wellington, New Zealand.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
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seismogram
noun
seis·mo·gram
ˈsīz-mə-ˌgram 
ˈsīs-
: the record of an earth tremor as made by a seismograph
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