Abstract: A seismic prospection method is provided giving better knowledge of the position and of the nature of the geological discontinuities of the subsoil, consisting essentially in picking up seismic waves which are propagated in the ground by means of one or more seismic receivers each having three directional sensors oriented along three orthogonal axes and determining, by combining the signals delivered by the sensors of each receiver, the real position in space and the form of the trajectory described by the center of gravity of each receiver, in response to the waves received, in recording the variations of these different parameters as a function of the distance from the receivers to the transmission location and locating the reception positions where significant variations of these parameters occur.