DIAS Headquarters, 10 Burlington Road - D04C932 contact@dias.ie 00353 (0) 16140100

Wednesday 22nd February: DIAS General Interest Seminar – ‘Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science’

Title: Recent Trends in the Philosophy of Science Speaker: Dr Finnur Dellsén (University College Dublin) Abstract: Many working scientists are familiar with Karl Popper’s vision of science as the concerted effort to falsify extent theories and replace them with new… Read More

2017-02-02 – Seminar by Dr Gaurav Tomar

2 February 2017 – Seminar When: 16:00 on Thursday, 2nd February 2017 Where: DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library) Speaker: Dr Gaurav Tomar (DIAS, previously IPGP, Paris) Title: Application of interferometric method to Active and… Read More

2017-01-20 – Seminar by Dr Gareth O’Brien

20 January 2017 – Seminar When: 15:00 on Friday, 20th January 2017 Where: DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library) Speaker: Dr Gareth O’Brien (Tullow Oil) Title: Seismic imaging and applied research : An exploration and… Read More

2016-12-08, Solomon Islands Earthquake, M7.8

A powerful earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred on the 8th December 2016 at 17:38:46 UTC near Kirakira in the Solomon Islands. Though the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center first issued a local tsunami warning this was subsequently canceled. There… Read More

2016-11-23 – Seminar by Dr Valenti Sallares

23 November 2016 – Seminar When: 15:00 on Wednesday, 23rd November 2016 Where: DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library) Speaker: Dr Valenti Sallares (Institute of Marine Sciences Barcelona-CSI) Title: Seismic imaging and inversion at the… Read More

2016-11-21, Earthquake in Japan, M6.9

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred on the 21st November 2016 at 20:59:50 UTC in Japan. The epicentre was about 90 km southeast of Fukushima, see map below. No immediate damage or injury due to the earthquake tremor… Read More

2016-11-13, Earthquake in New Zealand, M7.8

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred on the 13th November 2016 at 11:02:57 UTC in New Zealand. The epicentre was about 100 km northeast of Christchurch, see figure below. The earthquake caused two fatalities and significant structural damage… Read More

Central Italy Earthquake, 30th October 2016, M6.5

On the 30th October 2016 at 06:40:19.9 UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred in central Italy, 6km north of Norcia, with epicentral location 42.855°N 13.088°E, see figure below. According to the USGS this is the largest earthquake in Italy since the… Read More

2016-10-27 – Seminar by Thomas Bodin

27 October 2016 – Seminar When: 15:00 on Thursday, 27th October 2016 Where: DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library) Speaker: Thomas Bodin (Lyon University, France) Title: Reconciling scales in global seismology.

Central Italy Earthquake, 26th October 2016, M6.1

On the 26th October 2016 at 19:18 UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in central Italy,near Visso in Macerata province, with epicentral location 42.99N, 13.14E, see figure below. Visso is 70km (45 miles) from Amatrice, which was badly… Read More