In the News

New school to join SIS record earthquake in Eastern Turkey, 23rd October 2011, Magnitude 7.2mb

The most recent school to join the Seismology in Schools project, St. Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork, succesfully recorded the Eastern Turkey event on the 23rd October 2011. Below are two articles relating to this.


New Facebook page for Seismology in Schools

Facebook page Seismology in Schools has set up a new Facebook Page. (There is also plans to set up a Twitter page which will be live soon). The page was set up due to the fact that there are numberous seismology groups/clubs within schools and teachers have requested ways in which students from different schools could interact. This page is more for students than teachers.  However if teachers do want to get involved, feedback is always appreciated.  So far images of the Japanese Earthquake (11th March 2011) and the Myanmar Earthquake (24th March 2011) from different schools around the country.  Also, a resource sharing page is currently been worked on.  For further information please Tom Blake.

Replacement for Amaseis - JAmaseis

Replacment for Amaseis should be available in September 2011. JAmaSeis is a significant advancement over what was previously available because it allows users to obtain data in real-time from either a local instrument or from remote stations. As a result, users without an instrument can utilize the software. Additionally, this software includes easy to use analysis tools for users to quickly extract and analyze data from either their recording device or remote data stream.

Powerful Earthquake hits Chile, February 2010

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit the coast of Chile on 27th February 2010, measuring magnitude 8.8. Bear in mind the largest earthquake ever recorded was magnitude 9.6 in Chile in 1960. Many schools registered the event. Here is a couple of related articles:


Earthquake swarm in Co. Donegal, January 2010

An earthquake occured near Bridge End, Co. Donegal on the evening of Thursday 7th January 2010 at 7:30pm. It was a magnitude ML 1.6. Two more earthquakes also occured on 26th January at 8:47pm, magnitude ML 1.5, and on 27th January at 7:51am, magnitude ML 1.7. These were located near the village of Burnfoot. A number of local people felt the tremors. The earthquakes were recorded at St. Egneys National School (station name DL03) which hosts one of the Seismology in Schools seismometers. The trace below (click on the image) shows the tremor on the 26th January which was recorded in St. Egneys school.

Here are a list of related news articles:Earthquake Trace 26/1/10 mag ML 1.5


BT Young Scientists 2009 award

BT Young Scientist and Technology ExhibitionThe 44th annual BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, held January 2009, featured over 1,100 students presenting 500 projects. Students came from each of the 32 counties in Ireland, 201 different schools, representing the future of science, engineering, mathematics and technology. In the ‘Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences’ category there were 98 projects presented.

Denis Patterson and Shane Curry, part of the Seismology in Schools (Seismeolaíocht sa Scoil) Pilot Program, presented a project on “Seismic Activity in the British Isles and the Wider World”. Their study explored the recording potential of the SEP seismometer, and a comparison and analysis of teleseism recordings, man-made noise, and the microseism. Two awards were received: “International Year of Planet Award” and first prize in the “Category Award: Chemical, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences”. Congratulations!

To read more about the Seismology in Schools programme, please click on this article published in Earth Science Ireland, Issue 4.

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For information please contact: Tom Blake tb@cp.dias.ie