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Effect of COVID-19 on Campus Measured Seismically

What happens seismically when TCNJ learns and works from home due to COVID-19? TCNJ Physics professor Dr. Shannon Graham, in collaboration with Dr. Alan Kafka of Boston College, has observed a dramatic reduction in seismic activity. The image shows the seismic ‘noise’ on campus in blue and the daily average in orange. A clear trend begins on March 14, 2020. An increase in noise late last week is thought to be due to storms and high winds. (Computed with software from Thomas Lecocq @seismotom.)

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