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Earthquake off Welsh Coast, felt in Ireland
On 29th May, 2013 at 03:16:27.8 UTC an earthquake Mag ML3.8 occurred in the Irish Sea, off the Welsh Coast, location 52.879N, 4.764W and depth 11 Km. The Irish National Seismic Stations recorded the event. There has been some felt reports in Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford. If you felt this event please fill out our questionnaire.
The earthquake location is approximately 15 km west of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that occurred on the Llyen peninsula on 19 July 1984. The latter quake was the largest ever recorded earthquake on mainland Britain and was felt throughout Ireland's east coast, Wales and England. Aftershocks from the quake measured up to 4.3 on the Richter scale and some structural damage resulted along the east coast of Ireland.
DIAS press release for Welsh Coast event.
Geophysics Vacancies under IRECCSEM project
The Geophysics Section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies invites applications for a 2-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship and a 4-year PhD studentship to undertake carbon sequestration research within an exciting, new research initiative – IRECCSEM
Detailed description of the vacancies and application requirements HERE
Irish Seismometers Record North Korea Nuclear Test
Early this morning the Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) recorded an unusual seismic event in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The DPRK claimed today that it has conducted yet another nuclear test, the third within the last seven years.
Tuilleadh: Irish Seismometers Record North Korea Nuclear Test
Senior Professor Alan G Jones awarded SFI Investigator Project grant for 4 years
Senior Professor Alan G Jones, Head of the Geophysics Section in the School of Cosmic Physics, has been awarded a Science Foundation Ireland Investigators Programme 2012 Investigator Project grant for four years to study the feasibility of carbon sequestration in Ireland.
Tuilleadh: Senior Professor Alan G Jones awarded SFI Investigator Project grant for 4 years
DIAS Geophysics scholar wins Student Author Award
Joanne Adam of the Geophysics Section (School of Cosmic Physics) has won the Student Author Award of the Geophysical Journal International. The award has been established to recognise and acknowledge the 'best papers’ submitted to the journal from young scientists in the field.
Tuilleadh: DIAS Geophysics scholar wins Student Author Award
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