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Earthquake in the east Aegean Sea north of the Greek island of Samos
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on October 30, 2020, in the east Aegean Sea north of the Greek island of Samos. The earthquake damaged the Turkish city of Izmir and killed at least 12 people. The maximum shaking intensity has reached VII near to the earthquake...
A magnitude earthquake occurred south of the Alaska Peninsula
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred south of the Alaska Peninsula on October 19, 2020. The maximum shaking intensity has reached VII on the nearby islands but has not caused any significant damage. The earthquake belongs to the aftershock sequence of magnitude 7.8...
EPOS TSC Geomagnetic Observations Meeting
The Geomagnetism Team of EPOS (European Plate Observing System) invites users and providers of geomagnetic and magnetotelluric data to the meeting held at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague on June 18-19, 2019. No conference fee is...
Graham Hill, our new colleague, to study volcanic system in Alaska
Dr. Graham J. Hill, an internationally recognized expert in magnetotelluric imaging of magma reservoirs in volcanic regions, joined our institute at the beginning of this year. Graham Hill received his PhD in 2009 from the Monash University in Australia. Afterwards,...