The European Commission, in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Croatia, is launching a promotional campaign whose goal is to inform the general public about the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism and its concrete application and benefits for member countries through examples of good practice co-financed from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. In …
We are pleased to announce that the Seismological Service has recently acquired three Ford Ranger Wildtrak X vehicles. These vehicles will be crucial in enhancing our field measurements and deployment capabilities. These off-road vehicles, equipped with 4×4 drive, provide excellent mobility and stability on demanding terrains. The cargo area, measuring 1651 mm in length, and …
On Sunday, May 26th, 2024, part of the associates of the CROSSNET project departed towards the south of the Republic of Croatia to perform field measurements of microseismic noise in order to find the locations for future seismological stations. The locations chosen for the measurements were on the Pelješac peninsula, and on the islands of Korčula …
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Manifestation “Dan i noć na PMF-u” has been held since 2016, and was created by connecting the units that were independently and traditionally held at all seven departments of the PMF: Biology Night, Physics Today, Geophysics Live, Geography Open Day, Open Day geology, Open day of chemistry and Open day of mathematics (Day and night …
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, as part of the research project of the Croatian Science Foundation “Amplification of seismic ground motion caused by topographic effects in Northern Croatia – SIGMATOPCRO”, organized a round table on the topic “Earthquakes in Northern Croatia”. The Round Table aims to contribute to social and …
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The European Plate Observing System (EPOS) is a multidisciplinary and distributed European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), whose long-term goal is to enable and advance the integrated use of data, data products and equipment serving the scientific community engaged in the study Countries in Europe. (Source) At the EPOS ERIC General Assembly held in Rome on …
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From October 9 to 11, 2023, project associates Anamarija Tremljan and Marko Kapelj participated in the seismological workshop EPOS „Next-Generation Open Seismological Data Sharing for Science and Society“. The workshop, which was attended by about 100 participants, marks a milestone in the coordination and expansion of seismological services at the European level within the EPOS …
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On the occasion of the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, which is commemorated on October 13, an expert meeting „Reducing vulnerability to disasters in the area of Sisak-Moslavina County“ was held in Sisak on Thursday, October 12, 2023, organized by the Regional Office of Civil Protection Zagreb, Civil Protection Directorates and Civil Protection Headquarters of …
On Wednesday, September 13 and Thursday, September 14, 2023, Mr. Arne Schwenk, technical director of K.U.M. Environmental- and Marine Technology GmbH held a course about OBS devices (Ocean Bottom Seismometers) for employees of the Seismological Service. As part of the CROSSNET project, 10 OBS devices (model NAMMU) were acquired, which will be placed on the …
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On Monday and Tuesday, September 11th and 12th, we participated in the first international scientific symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea (InspireAdriatic) held at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. Project associate Marko Kapelj held a presentation entitled OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS – A NEW WAY OF RESEARCHING THE SEABED IN CROATIA. We …