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On 23 June at 16:37 (14:37 UTC), an earthquake of magnitude Mw = 3.7 occurred a few kilometers from La Spezia, in the town of Santo Stefano di Magra. The earthquake has been strongly felt all along the northern Tuscan coast up to …

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Yesterday has been a windy day in Tuscany. Many trees fell down, lots of roofs were destroyed, old town walls reduced into a pile of bricks. The wind speed reached 150 km/h, an exceptional event for our region.

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Today we installed the Mindsets UK SEP seismometer which will replace the S13 sensor in our educational seismic station.

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‘Real science with real data’ is the statement that best summarize the British project for teaching seismology at schools. The British Geological Survey (BGS)  involves almost 200 all grade schools to realize a seismic network based on a simple seismometer …

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October the 5th, at 19:03, the S-13 seismic sensor has been locked and secured for traveling back to Pisa. The Maker Faire Rome 2014 is over! We cannot find words to describe what a great experience has been to be …

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LA GILBERTA gets a new facelift for the Maker Faire with a clean and simple design to show all the components. The upcoming event will be in Rome, from 3 to 5 October at the Auditorium.The open source seismic station …

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Lots of people visited our department during Bright 2014, the Tuscany event for the European Researchers’ Night (#brightoscana, #ern).

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Night and day activity in Via della Faggiola.

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