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Moderate earthquakes in Iceland
On Wednesday 24th February at 10:05 UTC the Reykjanes Peninsula (south-west Iceland) was hit by moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.7 (according to Icelandic Met Office – IMO) accompanied by a series of hundreds to thousands weaker earthquakes. Nine earthquakes were...
The songs of fin whales open new avenue for seismic studies of the shallow oceanic crust
The songs of fin whales can be used for seismic imaging of the oceanic crust, providing scientists a novel alternative to conventional surveying, a new study published this week in Science shows. The study’s lead author is Vaclav Kuna, who worked on the project as a...
Lecture by Greg Ruetenik – February 10
On Wednesday, February 10, at 10 AM, our new colleague Greg Ruetenik will present his introductory talk entitled "Coupled interactions between surface processes, the solid Earth, and sea level" This presentation will demonstrate how numerical modelling can be used to...
A destructive earthquake in Croatia
An earthquake of moment magnitude 6.4 struck the Kupa Valley area, central Croatia, about 50 km SE from the capital Zagreb at noon on Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 (Figure 1 – blue circle). Hypocenter of the earthquake was at a depth of about 10 km. The earthquake...