From June 4th to 7th 2023, project associates on the CROSSNET project visited the GeoSphere in Vienna – the Austrian integrated federal institute for geology, geophysics, climatology and meteorology. Special focus was on participation in the conference where seismological services from all over Europe presented their Antelope software implementations. This software is a key tool …
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 …
Read more “Participation in the second MUZZA science week – Smart future”
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 …
Read more “The visit of students from Bukovac Elementary School to the Seismological Survey”
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 …
Read more “Field measurements of microseismic noise in the Baranja region”
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 …
Read more “Installation of a new accelerograph at the Puntijarka seismological station”
On the morning of February 16th at 09:47 UTC, a strong earthquake occurred near Baška on the island of Krk with an estimated intensity of VI °EMS (European Macroseismic Scale) in the epicentre, which was felt in the broader area of Kvarner, Istria and the hinterland of Rijeka, as well as in the surrounding countries. …
Read more “Installation of mobile stations on the island of Krk”
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 …
Read more “Omnisensor, MBB-2 and mobile equipment education”
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 …
On Thursday, 12th of January 2023, the second parcel of equipment which is going to be installed as part of the CROSSNET project was delivered. The parcel consists of 120 digitizer protective cases, 120 98,8 Ah deep-cycle batteries and associated connection cables. In total, the shipment consisted of 15 crates and 5 pallets with a …