The University of Texas's Big Truck Creates Artificial Earthquakes 

This means that when scientists at the University of Texas want to study tremors, they have to get creative.

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The solution is a huge truck with a weight that can pound on the ground.

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Technically, this rig is the Large Mobile Shaker, but it goes by the nickname T-Rex.

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The University of Texas has five shakers of various sizes, but this video primarily focuses on the big, bad T-Rex.

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It can contact the ground so quickly that the movement of the weight is not captured on film.

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the device has to slow things down to get the point across.

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A structure in such a region is susceptible to collapsing without the proper support and architectural planning.

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