How to install a seismometer in 10 easy steps!

In March 2018 a group of researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Aberdeen and Universiti Malaysia Sabah installed 46 seismometers across Sabah in northern Borneo as part of the the North Borneo Orogeny Seismic Survey (nBOSS). The nBOSS project hopes to better understand the tectonic processes that have shaped Sabah, including helping to mitigate against the risks posed by earthquakes in this region. This video, filmed at 3 sites - Pelita Estate (SBC9), Kampung Lumampau (SBB2), and Palau Mengalum (SBE1) - shows how we installed the seismometers. The instruments we used are Guralp CMG-3ESPs and Guralp 6TDs - broadband seismometers capable of recording signals from a range of frequencies. Instruments were provided by the University of Cambridge, the University of Aberdeen and SeisUK. Follow us on twitter and instagram at @nboss_project to keep up to date with the project! Many thanks to everyone in Sabah who has helped make the nBOSS project possible! Filmed by Amy Gilligan and Emily Crowder, Edited by Amy Gilligan