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And here is the seismic recording of the second goal for the #USMNT in their match against Australia at Seattle Stadium today! #FIFAworldcup #worldcup2026 #SportsSeismology
00:00- “And the building shakes in Seattle!” PNSN’s seismic stations captured the crowd response to both Alex Freeman’s goal and the VAR decision overturning the offside call. It’s #USMNT 2 to Australia 0 at half-time. #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup #SportsSeismology
- FIRST GOAL USA! #USMNT is up 1-0 after an Australia own goal off Folarin Balogun's cross. Here's the seismogram of the Seattle Stadium crowd reaction on PNSN's HWK5 station. #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup #SportsSeismology
- Happy #FieldworkFriday and Juneteenth! The #USAvAUS match starts in one hour. Learn more about the seismic stations our field crew installed in Seattle Stadium in this video, and watch the live seismogram starting at noon Pacific here: pnsn.org/experiment/202… #WorldCup #USMNT
00:00 - Another view of Seattle Stadium station HWK3 recording the excitement of the crowd during the first goal in Monday's Belgium-Egypt match! Watch with us again tomorrow starting at noon PT, as the USMNT face Australia's Socceroos and we stream the data: pnsn.org/experiment/202…
00:00 - PNSN Director Harold Tobin was quoted in a Washington Post story today about new research using paleoseismology data to model stress loads on the San Andreas and adjacent fault systems: washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
![But is 1,000 years of data enough to draw conclusions?
Harold Tobin, the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and professor at the University of Washington, says yes.
“I think this 1,000-year simulation spans enough time to support a meaningful and useful conclusion,” Tobin, who was not involved in the recent study, said in an email. “[The] record is really short in North America, so paleoseismic evidence — geologic sleuthing — has to be used. The thousand-year paleoseismic record for the Southern California San Andreas and other faults that they use in this study (the “MRM”) is already a phenomenal achievement. ... [It’s] enough to capture quite a few earthquake recurrence cycles on the relevant segments of the San Andreas fault system.”
So when might the next big quake occur? Tobin said the complex nature of California’s fault systems makes for limited predictability.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HK9k5v7XoAA-v1f.jpg)
- Watching Egypt's goal against Belgium in the PNSN SeismoLab today—we spotted the action on the live seismogram viewer before the broadcast caught up! #EgyptVsBelgium #EGYvsBEL #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup #SportsSeismology
00:00 - Belgium gets the equalizer! Romelu Lukaku forces an Egypt own goal to tie the score at 1-1! #EgyptVsBelgium #EGYvsBEL #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup
- Egypt scores first in Seattle! Emam Ashour puts Egypt up 1-0 against Belgium in the 19th minute. Here is the record from station HWK3 the moment that fans shook the stadium, and stay tuned for live seismo-updates. EgyptVsBelgium #EGYvsBEL #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup
- Check out the live seismogram viewer for Belgium vs. Egypt on the PNSN website here: pnsn.org/experiment/202…
![But is 1,000 years of data enough to draw conclusions?
Harold Tobin, the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and professor at the University of Washington, says yes.
“I think this 1,000-year simulation spans enough time to support a meaningful and useful conclusion,” Tobin, who was not involved in the recent study, said in an email. “[The] record is really short in North America, so paleoseismic evidence — geologic sleuthing — has to be used. The thousand-year paleoseismic record for the Southern California San Andreas and other faults that they use in this study (the “MRM”) is already a phenomenal achievement. ... [It’s] enough to capture quite a few earthquake recurrence cycles on the relevant segments of the San Andreas fault system.”
So when might the next big quake occur? Tobin said the complex nature of California’s fault systems makes for limited predictability.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HK9k5xmXIAAxbg_.jpg)
