mo4ch:>Coronavirus lockdown reduces UK ground motions | Mo4ch News

By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent 2 May 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionSeismologists know the unusual circumstances of lockdown will only exist for a short periodThe UK hasn't been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown.Seismometer stations, which are normally used to record earthquakes, have detected a big fall in the ground vibrations linked to human activity.Scientists from Imperial College London say this background hum is now half what it would usually be.The unprecedented seismic quiet - a phenomenon mirrored in other countries - could offer a unique opportunity to study the Earth's interior."You'd have to go back decades to see noise levels like this," commented Imperial's Dr Stephen Hicks. "You'd often get quiet times in the evenings or at weekends but not continuously, for weeks," he told BBC News. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSee how seismic noi…