QuakeShake Public Workshop: How To Monitor Earthquakes from your Home
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QuakeShake Public Workshop: How To Monitor Earthquakes from your Home

Join us for an exciting QuakeShake public workshop in Letterkenny where you can learn about earthquake monitoring!

By Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Date and time

Thursday, November 14 · 7:30 - 8:30pm GMT

Location

Station House Hotel Letterkenny

Lower Main Street Letterkenny Ireland

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Join us for an exciting QuakeShake public workshop in Letterkenny, where members of the community will have the opportunity to participate in QuakeShake - a unique earthquake citizen science project operated by the Dublin Institute for Advance Studies (DIAS) in co-operation with Geological Survey Ireland.

During this one-hour event, we will introduce you to the fascinating world of seismology and explain how you can contribute to the recording of local and global earthquakes right from your own home. Assist the Irish National Seismic Network recording local earthquakes in Co. Donegal, Ireland's earthquake hotbed.
Approximately 20 seismometers will be raffled to participants interested in hosting them, allowing you to be part of this innovative and engaging project. Please note a MOU will need to be signed on the night.

This workshop will cover:

  • An introduction to QuakeShake and its goals.
  • How seismometers work and what data they collect.
  • What it means to host a seismometer in your home. Registration: This event is free to attend, but spaces are limited. Please register to reserve your spot.


Location Details: The Station House Hotel is centrally located in Letterkenny and easily accessible.

Contact Information: info@quakeshake.ie
Web: www.quakeshake.ie, www.insn.ie, www.dias.ie, www.gsi.ie


This workshop is Government funded through Research Ireland's Discover programme.

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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) conducts advanced studies exploring big questions of the 21 century and beyond. Its research gains insights into Celtic society and its legacy; progresses our understanding of our island, our planet and the universe; and deciphers the underpinning mathematical principles of nature.

The Institute leads Ireland’s participation in a number of international and global initiatives that focus on big unanswered questions for mankind.

When it was founded in 1940, DIAS was the world’s second-only institute for advanced studies – and the first such institute in Europe. For 80 years, it has pushed the boundaries of discovery and, today, it is a globally-embedded institution that attracts high-calibre researchers from all over the world in its core disciplines of Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics and Geophysics. DIAS Dunsink Observatory is a designated European site of historical significance for physics.