From May 19th to 21st, we participated in the II. MUZZA science week – Smart future, which was held at the Zagreb Fair. Science Week brought together numerous scientific institutions, associations and non-profit organizations with the aim of bringing science and technology closer to children and young people in an interactive and interesting way. We …
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On Friday, May 12th, 2023, as part of the popularization of science, the eighth graders of Bukovac Elementary School visited the Seismological Survey of the Republic of Croatia. Seismologist Tomislav Fiket, dipl. ing. took the students through the Andrija Mohorovičić memorial room and introduced them to his life and scientific work. The memorial room consists …
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From May 8th to 10th 2023, associates of the CROSSNET project, along with the project manager Tomislav Fiket, were carrying out field measurements of ambient microseismic noise in the Baranja region in order to determine locations for the placement of future seismological stations. Prior to the field measurements, a spatial analysis was performed using ArcGIS …
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From April 23rd to 28th 2023, project associates on the CROSSNET project participated in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference in Vienna, the largest and most prominent European geoscience event, which attracted more than 16,000 people from all over the world. During our participation in the conference, we connected with leading experts, exchanged ideas and …
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023. project associates Antonio Brcković, Vedran Damjanović and Marko Pervan, together with project manager Tomislav Fiket, installed a new accelerograph as part of the maintenance and improvement of the existing stations. At Puntijarka station, the Etna 2 accelerograph, manufactured by Kinemetrics Inc., a device used to record strong nearby earthquakes, was …
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From February 6th to 10th 2023, engineers Stepa Petrović Čačić and Stevan Plasonja, from Kinemetrics, Inc. held an education for Croatian Seismological Survey employees on devices which were delivered as part of the third equipment contingent. Omnisensor is a combination of the accelerometer (model Episensor) and seismometer (model MBB-2) together in one package ready for direct deployment …
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On Monday, 6th of February 2023, the third parcel of equipment which is going to be installed as part of the project CROSSNET was delivered. The shipment includes 50 Omnisensors (a combination accelerometer (model Episensor) and seismometer (model MBB-2) together in one package ready for direct deployment as a conventional sensor or downhole, 20 mobile …
From December 12th to December 14th, 2022. engineers Stepa Petrović Čačić and Stevan Plasonja, from Kinemetrics, Inc. held an education for Croatian Seismological Survey employees on digitizers and seismometers, which were delivered as part of the first equipment contingent. The training included understanding the principles of operation of these devices, their capabilities and limitations, and …
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the first parcel of equipment to be installed as part of the CROSSNET project was delivered. The parcel consists of 100 Etna 2 accelerographs, 120 Quanterra Q8 digitizers, 20 STS-2.5 broadband seismometers, 220 GPS antennas, 100 protective boxes (backup power supply and surge protection), cables and other accessories. The equipment …
On Monday, November 21 and Tuesday, November 22, 2022, Dr. Edelvays Spassov from Kinemetrics, Inc. held an education about the Etna 2 accelerograph to the employees of the Seismological Survey. The Etna 2 accelerograph is a seismological instrument that records ground acceleration during strong earthquakes. In the territory of the Republic of Croatia, 20 such …