ISAAC’s test on a masonry bell tower: preliminary results Do you want to find out how the tests conducted by ISAAC and Mapei at the EUCENTRE laboratories went? Read the article to find out the results that emerge from the preliminary analyses. The experimental test on...
THE RING OF FIRE: THE MOST EARTHQUAKE-PRONE REGION ON EARTH The Ring of Fire or Fire Belt is a region of the Pacific Ocean (spanning the United States, Mexico, Japan, Russia, and some countries in South America) known for its high level of volcanic and...
NRRP: IMPROVING EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS OF HOSPITALS WITH ISAAC Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Italian government introduced the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), an ambitious investment programme to encourage a rebound in the country’s economy and...
HOW WAS THE SEISMOGRAPH INVENTED? The seismograph is an instrument that has an ancient history which underwent several transformations over the ages before it became the instrument we know today. The first inventor of an instrument that could record earthquakes was...
Which earthquakes were the most disastrous in history? Although some areas of the earth are subjected to earthquakes almost daily, devastating seismic events have occurred over the centuries that have caused victims, displaced people, economic and social damage...
WHAT IS THE INGV? The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, known as the INGV, is the Italian research body responsible for the study of geophysical and volcanological phenomena and the management of the respective national monitoring networks for seismic...
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