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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...
Thursday talks: Cédric Legendre – September 16
We cordially invite you to a lecture given on September 16, 3PM, by our new colleague dr. Cédric Legendre (formerly Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan). The talk Large-scale variation in seismic anisotropy in the crust and upper mantle beneath...