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Microseisms as a renewable energy resource: Nature of ubiquitous, unrelenting, and coherent ground vibrations and energy flow

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  • Park, Seongjun
  • Hong, Tae-Kyung

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Unrelenting coherent ground vibrations may serve as a potential renewable energy resource. Microseisms are ubiquitous ground motions that are excited by the coupling between the solid earth and ocean waves. The continuous unrelenting energy has been limitedly utilized due to poor understanding of constitutive energy sources. We explore the high-resolution spatiotemporal distribution of microseism sources for Rayleigh waves in a frequency band of 0.225–0.275 Hz in four seasons of 2021–2022 using a novel source-strength inversion method based on a dense seismic network in the Korean Peninsula, offering an unprecedented chance for in-depth investigation of microseism nature and its potential utilization. The study identifies that the microseisms develop from a set of stationary individual offshore sources near the coasts in optimal environments, challenging the traditional view of temporally migrating sources. Multiple stationary sources with temporally-varying strengths develop a complex and coherent microseism field. These features make microseisms to produce ubiquitous, unrelenting, and coherent ground motions for a natural energy resource.

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  • Park, Seongjun & Hong, Tae-Kyung, 2026. "Microseisms as a renewable energy resource: Nature of ubiquitous, unrelenting, and coherent ground vibrations and energy flow," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 256(PA).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:256:y:2026:i:pa:s0960148125015587
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123894
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