seismic wave

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People in Australia are increasingly searching about seismic waves following news about the 2011 Japan earthquake that caused a seismic wave to bounce off Earth's core and shift.

The sharp rise in searches for 'seismic wave' in Australia reflects growing public interest in the scientific insights from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. Articles report that the massive magnitude-9 earthquake generated seismic waves that traveled nearly 2,900 kilometers down to Earth's core and bounced back to the surface, shifting the entire Japanese island eastwards by about six millimeters.