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Huge earthquakes detected by Haywards Heath students
MASSIVE earthquakes thousands of miles away were monitored by a Mid Sussex college that is officially recognised as a recording station for the British Geological Society.
Students based at the 'Quake Club' at Central Sussex College off Harlands Road, Haywards Heath, use a seismometer, which is able to track seismic activity from across the globe.
Since the equipment was installed last August, several strong earthquakes have hit, including the much-documented earthquake in Haiti, which killed about 230,000 people in January, and a massive quake in Chile this February, which measured 8.8 on the Richter scale.
Chile's earthquake was so powerful it triggered a reading that was off the scale on the college's seismometer.
Mathematics and Physics teacher Deanna Nicholson, who set up the 'Quake Club' with Georgraphy and Geology teacher Helen Hore, said: "When the Chile quake struck it produced so much energy that it rumbled round the surface of the earth for hours."
For the full story see the Mid Sussex Times, which is out on April 22.
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