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Invited lecture: Gylfi P. Hersir – Oct 5 / 15:00
GFÚ hosts a guest talk by Gylfi P. Hersir from Iceland GeoSurvey (ÍSOR) with his lecture " The Reykjanes Peninsula, SW-Iceland: Increased seismicity and surface deformation followed by volcanic eruptions. What is going on there?“ GFÚ Lecture Hall - 3 pm
Supercomputers help geophysicists
There are fields of geophysics, that rely on numerical modeling or the analysis of huge datasets. With the help of supercomputing, we are able to model complex systems or make sense of large and complicated datasets. IT4Innovations (IT4I) is a Czech national research...
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...