Principles of Operation, Construction and Use of a School Seismograph
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Apr 1, 2025
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School seismometer Jamaseis Network of seismograms IRIS
Abstract
Earthquakes are a permanent risk factor for an earthquake-prone country like Greece and an interesting field of scientific research. The construction and use of school seismographs and their integration into a network of seismographs can bring multiple benefits for students and teachers alike. The objectives of the workshop are to assemble a school seismograph, to present a software for digitising seismic waves and a software for recording and visualising them, to send the data to the IRIS network and to find the earthquake epicentre using the triangulation method.
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