Title says it all but I live near Columbia, SC, USA and over the course of the last year or so have had a rash of earthquakes which were totally unexpected.
I had been going back and forth about buying an RS3D as even though I met the criteria to get the discounted price it was still a big outlay because historically the region does not have earthquakes.
I was at home when the first quake hit and it rattled my apartment and its contents pretty well. That was all the motivation I needed to purchase my device
Subsequent to that I was contacted by a university professor seeking permission to use my data in general.
Several months later the prof reached out again to ask it I was okay with him using my data in a presentation for the 2023 Seismological Society of America which I gladly gave. Had he wanted to do a presentation for a local high school I would have given the same “Yes, absolutely you can use” but it was a nice feeling to have bought what was a device I anticipated mostly picking up trains on a nearby railroad and end up with my data in front of a group of scientists.