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Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the Pacific
Although no one predicted Saturday's powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano, it was not a bolt from the blue. The Pacific volcano was already reawakened to life on 20 December 2021, when lava from the volcanic vent began to flow beneath the sea...
Thursday talks
On January 12, we will meet at another IG Research Seminar. It will take place in a hybrid format, i.e., talks and discussion in our lecture hall will be accompanied by a Zoom connection as usual. The speakers will focus on topics connected with Iceland: 10:00 AM...
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...