Some of the seismometers and digitisers acquired by the SMRU.Some of the seismometers and digitisers acquired by the SMRU.

State-of-the-art seismographs have been purchased by the Seis­mic Monitoring and Research Unit at the University of Malta’s Depart­ment of Physics.

These instruments will be used to establish the Malta Seismic Network, and also comple­ment the increasing number of sophis­ticated geophysical equip­ment now used by the SMRU to con­duct its research.

The network will consist of three broadband seismographs located in Malta and Gozo, together with other temporary installations. The new seismic stations, which will con­tinuously transmit recorded signals to the University data centre, will help locate regional earth­quakes more accurately, study local seismic site effects, and also en­­hance real-time earthquake mo­ni­­­­tor­­ing for the central Mediterranean.

Funding for the equipment came from the Integrated Civil Protection System for the Italo-Maltese Cross-Border Area (SIMIT) project and European Research Development Funds (ERDF 310 – Expanding the Physics and Applied Inter­disci­plinary Research Capabilities at the Faculty of Science).

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