# Creating a seismograph

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-seismograph/93931>\
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**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-seismograph/93931 "2003-11-06T14:35:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![hammml8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@hammml8](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hammml8)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-a-seismograph/93931/1 "2003-11-06T14:35:29Z")

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Is it possible to write code that would create an animation that reasonably mimics the effect of a seismograph reading an earthquake? I’m not an advanced actionscript user so I have no idea how I might go about this.