Terrawatch: how balloons could one day detect quakes in hard-to-reach places

There was a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia on December 14th, 2021.

Seismometers around the world were hit by the waves of the earthquake.

The impact of the earthquake on the network of balloons was felt as far away as 190 miles away from the source.

In the case of the Flores earthquake, the balloon data did not add to our knowledge but scientists are excited by the potential of this technique for measuring earthquakes in hard-to-reach places.

Several teams are working on balloon-based seismic monitoring, and three missions to Venus have been accepted. The story for our interest in Venus is that we don't know what's inside.

Seismology is one of the best ways to find out how it is made.

The results are published in a journal.