Researchers used a machine-learning neural network trained on earthquake data labeled by human experts to detect the tiny earthquakes of the Cahuilla swarm in seismic records.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including Caltech press release, Science News, ScienceAlert, and the underlying peer-reviewed study by Ross et al. (Science, 2020). [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A strange earthquake swarm lasted for years. Scientists finally know ... (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/machine-learning-california-earthquake-swarm (corroboration)
- https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/natural-fluid-injections-triggered-cahuilla-earthquake-swarm (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-ve-explained-a-four-year-swarm-of-earthquakes-in-california (corroboration)