Participating Schools

List of the 22 schools currently participating in the project:

Ekata Secondary School, Baglung (pilot station)

Shree Gram Prakash Secondary School, Parbat

New Horizon Secondary School, Beni

Janahit Secondary School, Mustang

Janapriya Secondary School, Myagdi

Shanta Secondary School, Kaski

Shree Balkalyan Secondary School, Lamjung

Himalaya Secondary School, Gorkha

Shiva Model Secondary School, Nawalparasi

New Horizon English Boarding School, Rupandehi

Padma Public Model Secondary School, Palpa

Siddha Baba Secondary School, Gulmi

Arghakhanchi Secondary Boarding School, Arghakhanchi

Shree Prabha Secondary School, Nishikhola

Shree Panchamunidev Secondary School, Tanahun

Shree Bhanubhakta Acharya Secondary School, Syangja

Shree Birendra Adarsha Secondary School, Chitwan

Lokpriya Secondary School, Chame, Manang

Balmandir Secondary School, Gorkha Bazar, Gorkha

Shree Manindra Secondary School, Airawati, Pyuthan

Shree Janak Secondary School, Gaindakot, Nawalparasi

Parbat Gurukul Academy, Kusma, Parbat

April 27, 2020

Project features in American news magazine

Following our research article on the Seismology-at-school-in-Nepal project was published earlier this month, the magazine of the American Geophysical Union, Eos, communicated a comprehensive news about it today. It is a good summary for all audiences, whether you know the project already or are new to it.

April 10, 2020

Seismo-at-School in Nepal article published

The first peer-reviewed article about our project including some interesting results on the educational and seismological implementation has been published on 9th April at Frontiers in Earth Science journal. The full-length article is available here. The Seismology at School in Nepal program thanks all participating schools for their coordination and support.

March 15, 2020

ML 5.0 earthquake strikes in Central Nepal

An earthquake in Kaski district, Central Nepal, near the city of Pokhara occurred on Sunday at 15:00 UTC according to National Seismological Center (NSC), Kathmandu. It happened in the late evening at 20:45 local time. Following the analysis at NSC, the magnitude of this event is 5.0 in local scale[…]

January 16, 2020

National Earthquake Safety Day celebration

On Maagh 2, 1990 BS (January 15, 1934) a disastrous earthquake has hit Nepal. Its date was later selected to celebrate the National Earthquake Safety Day by the Government of Nepal. This year, Maagh 2 falls on January 16th, and we celebrate this event for the 22nd time. Our project[…]

April 18, 2019

School Seismometer Counter: 22 !! Completed :-)

The title of this post will be continuously updated to show the number of seismometers installed at schools in Nepal….

April 2, 2019

Workshop starts in two weeks

The Educational Seismology Workshop in Pokhara starts in two weeks, on April 16th. Final organizational points are being sorted out. We look forward to the event and to see all participants!