Modification and Reconstruction of Seismographs and Analysis of the Structure of Seismographs and the Local Seismic Activity in Southeastern Wisconsin

Abstract

This project began with the reassembly of the Carthage College seismometers and en- hancing them to be more sensitive than they have been in the past. The potential seismic activity is collected as an electrical signal and modified through calculations in the lab in an effort to find repeated patterns and modes that may have a correlation to non-tectonic events, such as, but not limited to, motions of Lake Michigan or HVAC operations in the building the apparatus is stored in.