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Comment on Mexico earthquake 19th September
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday at 1:05 pm local time, killing at least one person and damaging buildings in the epicentral region. The earthquake hypocenter was located 23 miles southeast of Aquila at the depth of about 10...
Comment on Taitung earthquakes – Taiwan
Two large earthquakes occurred on the island of Taiwan on Saturday and Sunday (September 17; 14:41 Czech time and September 18; 07:44 Czech time), reaching magnitudes of 6.5 and 6.9. Both events (referred to as the Taitung earthquakes) were observed in the southeast...
6th Annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting, Prague 2022
From the 12th-14th of October 2022, the 6th Annual AlpArray Scientific Meeting will be held in Prague. Jana Plomerová and her colleagues from GFÚ co-organize the event, that will bring together geoscientists from the 17 member states and 64 institutions making up the...
Comment on Papua New Guinea earthquake
On Sunday morning, September 11, at 01:47 Czech time (23:47 on September 10 UTC), a large earthquake of magnitude 7.6 occurred in the east of Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 90-100 km. While most large earthquakes around the world happen directly on the contact...