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Ancient Quake Detectors

  • February 22, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In 132 AD, Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng created a seismometer, a device that detects the ground’s movement during an earthquake. It couldn’t predict quakes but did show what direction they were coming from — even hundreds of miles away!

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