The 1976 Preston Earthquake
…or “How Seismology Found Me”, by Adam Pascale.
Largest Australian Earthquake in Two Decades
In the early hours of Saturday the 21st of May 2016, the largest earthquake in almost 20 years struck central Australia, about 125km west of Uluru. This magnitude 6.1 earthquake was recorded at our seismic stations all over Australia
Building Monitoring in the Philippines
A commentary on the DPWH guidelines for earthquake recording instrumentation. By Adam Pascale.
Celebrating 40 Years of Seismology
The 1st of January 2016 marked the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Seismology Research Centre.
Seismographs & Accelerographs
Seismologists from the SRC have been heavily involved in the development of the latest generation of seismographs & accelerographs that are manufactured in Australia
Gecko SMA launches at PCEE
The Strong Motion Accelerograph (SMA) version of the Gecko seismograph debuted at the 10th Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Sydney on 6-8 November 2015. Designed by SRC seismologists and built by engineering team at ESS, the Gecko SMA is ideal for structural monitoring and rapid deployment for aftershock monitoring. The Gecko SMA (and higher resolution Gecko…
Recent Earthquake Activity in SE Qld
Two locations in southeast Queensland have experienced some significant earthquake activity in recent months. In February a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck just northwest of Mount Perry. Over forty aftershocks were recorded in the next 24 hours and these were still being recorded six months later. As the Mt Perry aftershocks were…
Setting up an Earthquake Monitoring Network
Seismologist Adam Pascale explains everything you need to know about designing, installing and operating a local earthquake monitoring network. So, you want to install a network of instruments to monitor earthquake activity in a particular area. It is recommended that any seismic network has at least 4 stations, ideally in a Y-shaped…
Earthquake Hazard Assessments
The very first hazard report prepared by the SRC was in 1977 for Dandenong Natural Gas Tank in Victoria. This study was commissioned prior to construction of the tank, so earthquake loading was considered as a factor in its engineering. The tank has yet to undergo significant shaking due to earthquake (the largest…
ESS Earth Sciences website launch
The SRC became part of ESS Earth Sciences just over a year ago, one of two companies born from Environmental Systems & Services (the other being our sister company ESS Weathertech). Today marked the launch of the new ESS Earth Sciences website – a showcase of all of the products that…