Seismo-at-School in Nepal

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3rd International Workshop on Educational Seismology

We are organizing the 3rd International Workshop on Educational Seismology as part of the ‘Seismology-at-School in Nepal’ program for earthquake education in Nepal. Format of the workshop In-person presentations, demonstrations, questions and answers, and workshops. Goal The three-day workshop on educational seismology for teachers in Pokhara is the main connecting[…]

25th Earthquake Safety Day

On the occasion of the 25th National Earthquake Safety day, we organized a Secondary Level Earthquake Quiz Competition for 9 -12 grade students. A total of 45 students participated. Congratulations to all participants on their motivation, and thank you for participating. The top 3 performers have received a prize: Diksha[…]

Secondary Level Earthquake Quiz Competition

On the occasion of the 25th National Earthquake Safety Day, Seismology at School in Nepal is organizing Secondary Level Earthquake Quiz Competition on 2nd Magha 2079 (16 Jan 2023). We encourage students from grades 6-12 to register using the google form below. We will send more communication through email.  Google[…]

Seismometer installed in schools in Lukla region

Under the framework of Seismology at school in Nepal and supported by the Lukla-Chaurikharka Association (luklass.ch), we have installed a educational seismometer in two schools in Lukla region. These seismometers at Lukla Basic School in Lukla and Mahindra Jyoti Secondary School in Chaurikharka span the network to the east and[…]

National Earthquake Safety Day rhetoric contest

The National Earthquake Safety Day is marked every year on Magh 2 (around mid-January) in commemoration of the earthquake that occurred on Magh 2 in 1990 BS. On the occasion of the 24th such day, we have organized a rhetoric contest for 5-12 grade students: videos up to 4 minutes[…]

Earthquake location tutorial published

Do you want to locate earthquakes?  Seismologists use seismic data collected from at least three different locations to find the epicenter of an earthquake. The idea is to calculate distance and plot circles from each location and searching for the intersection point. The Nepal School Seismology Network data recorded by thirty Raspberry[…]