The plate/mirror 4km far from the laser beam could shift when earthquake waves reach the observatory. Could it be useful to investigate the high-frequency content of very deep or teleseismic earthquakes ???
I was curious about the spurious seismic signals that cannot be avoided by the system isolation. Recording and subtraction of the seismic signal seem to be ineffective.
Here a PPT with some info about: aLIGO seismic isolation