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Dr. Jan Mrlina received a medal for his contribution to the development of the gravimetry method in Egypt
We warmly congratulate our colleague Jan Mrlina on receiving the Life-lasting Achievement Award. On October 12, 2021, Dr. Mrlina received the Life-lasting Achievement Medal at the International Astronomy and Geophysics Conference in Cairo as the only foreign...
Strong earthquake near Crete, Greece
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hit the east Crete today (2021-10-12) at 09:24:03 UTC (11:24 local time). The earthquake hypocenter was situated at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km. The earthquake occurred very close to the town of Palekastro with population of...
Comics – our scientists have created fun learning tools
“When the Earth Quakes” and “When the Earth Flares” are titles of the two comics that our scientists created in co-operation with a graphic designer and a writer. The aim is to inspire young people and adults to discover physics in a new way. The first comic book...
Strong earthquake in Australia
On Tuesday, September 21st, at 23:15 UTC time (01:15 on Wednesday morning Czech time), an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 occurred in southeastern Australia, about 200 km to the eastnortheast of the city of Melbourne. Figure 1: Map of Australia with recent seismicity...