Seismology

WOMEESA (Women in Earth & Environmental Science Australasia)

Marina Corradini October 8, 2018

WOMESSA Networking event July 2018 in Macquarie University (source WOMEESA network). In the picture, WOMEESA team (April Foote-Heather Handley), GSA NSW Chair (Anthony Lanati), Jessica Walsh (PhD candidate, University of Wollongong), Shari Gallop (Lecturer, Macquarie University), Kelsie Dadd (Curious Minds), Felicia Weir (PSM), Julianne Lamb (Oil Search) and Anita Andrew (Environmental Isotopes)

The condition of women in the workplace has not always been easy. Even though the mentality of the people is changing towards inclusion and equality, it is a long way before things really change. We always observe unbalanced number of women versus number of men, unbalanced competition among colleagues for career promotion and responsibility and unequal wages between women and men in many places. M ...[Read More]

What’s Shaking? – Facts and figures of latest earthquakes

Marina Corradini September 27, 2018

Haven’t you heard about the recent major earthquakes which stroke the globe? No worries, the ECS-reps will post a quarterly report with basic information about the latest earthquakes you can’t miss. Let’s start with June, July and August 2018. Between the 1st June and the 31st August, 425 earthquakes with magnitude Mw above 5.0 were recorded by the international network broadband se ...[Read More]

Lombok and Fiji – or why a M6.9 earthquake can be worse news than a M8.2 event

Nienke Blom August 23, 2018

Two magnitude 6.9 earthquakes in Indonesia in the space of two weeks, 20 km apart. Meanwhile, a magnitude 8.2 event in the Pacific. Did you get any questions about the end of the world being upon us, how come all these quakes happen so close together and why the Fiji event was so harmless? Latitude Longitude Origin time depth Magnitude Region 8.2597° S 116.4363° E 2018-08-05 1 ...[Read More]

Seismo @ school

Marina Corradini August 13, 2018

Being a seismologist is not just doing research, it is also sharing experience and teaching the next generation. As early career scientists, we are used to share ‘our science’ during open days and career days at university. Another peculiar moment for Science outreach is the National Science week, where researchers can set up experiments and exhibitions to draw the attention of the general public ...[Read More]