LabQuake
Taking lab scale studies of earthquakes to the next level
In the beginning of February, the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zurich received a very special delivery: An 11-ton and 2.4 x 2.5 x 1 meters machine that can induce small earthquakes in palm-sized rock samples under conditions that are representative for the Earth’s crust in 4–8 km depth. This apparatus is called LabQuake.