EVENTS

2019

DECEMBER:

American Geophysical Union Conference, 9th-13th December, San Francisco, USA 

• prof. Grzegorz Lizurek with MSc Alicja Caputa attended AGU Fall Meeting
• Grzegorz had an oral presentation "Reservoir triggered seismicity in areas of moderate and low seismicity. Case studies from Vietnam and Poland" as well as a poster  "Moment tensor inversion as a tool in stress field interpretation of anthropogenic seismicity"
• Alicja presented a poster  "Seismological view on post-blasting seismicity in deep mine environment"

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NOVEMBER:

Seminar, 29th of November 2019, 10:00, Kraków.

• dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos- "Magnitude Distribution Properties Variation in The Geysers Geothermal Field"

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OCTOBER:

28^th October 2019, Meeting celebrating the end of the European project EPOS-IP, ACK Krakow.

• On October 28, 2019, a meeting was held at ACK AGH Krakow to celebrate the end of the European EPOS-IP project. You can learn more about the project:
  • https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/198338/factsheet/en
  • https://www.epos-ip.org/
  • epos-ip.php

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Scintific Meeting, 10^th  October, 2019, Cambridge, UK.

• On October 10, 2019, in Cambridge, UK, the workshop on Opportunities and Challenges associated with Geothermal Energy took place.
• The workshop was organized by TWI and aimed to identify challenges with geothermal exploitation and demonstrate the techno-economic solutions through contributions of H2020 projects S4CE and Geo-Coat.
• The representative of Department of Seismology IG PAS has attended the workshop and presented the Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards - Step-change in Tackling Grand Challenges of Hazards Associated with Exploitation of Geo-resources slides, also attached below:

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Seminar, 8th of October 2019, 11:00, Kraków.

• dr inż. Jan Wiszniowski- "Artificial Neural Network detection"

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SEPTEMBER:

"No Risk No Energy "Summer School

• Within S4CE project, the "No Risk No Energy" Summer School took place in Salerno, Italy from 16th to 18th of September 2019. IGF participated with 2 presentations performed on the second day of the Summer School. The first one entitled as "Induced seismicity during exploitation and exploration of energy georesources" was performed by Professor Beata Orlecka-Sikora who introduced the students on Anthropogenic Seismicity and the corresponding risks. This was followed by an  introduction on TCS-AH and an interactive tutorial of the IS-EPOS platform demonstrated by Dr. Kostas Leptokaropoulos. Both presentations were followed by open discussion among the participants.  

AUGUST:

11^th International Workshop on Statistical Seismology

• On August 18-21, 2019, in Hakone, Japan, workshops on statistical seismology took place.
• Workshop was attended by prof. Lasocki with prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora.
• Professor Orlecka-Sikora gave a presentation on "Indications to assess the seismic potential of the injection-induced earthquakes" during sessions "Extending Statistical Seismology Beyond Seismicity"
  Professor Lasocki performed the poster presentation "Application of the equivalent dimensions method for the study of fracture network development"

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JULY:

A tragic shock at KWK Murcki-Staszic

• Yesterday, 1st of July, 2012 at 14:12:06.765 (12:12: 06.765 UTC) in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin there was a seismic event combined with a tremor in the longwall of KWK Murcki - Staszic. The moment magnitude determined from the recordings of the Polish Seismological Network (PLSN) was M2.9. Below a seismogram from selected PLSN stations is presented.

JUNE:

PROF. DR HAB. INŻ. BEATA ORLECKA-SIKORA RECEIVED PROFESSOR NOMINATION

Seminar, 14th of June 2019, 09:00, Kraków.

• prof. Makoto Okubo "Magma/gas intrusion process of Shinmoedake Eruption in 2017 suggested by volcanic tremors location with ASL method".
• prof. Makoto Okubo visited us from Kochi University Natural Science Cluster

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MAY:

Seminar, 14th of May 2019, 10:00, Kraków.

• dr Ansie Smit with prof. Andrzejem Kijko: "UP Natural Hazard Centre- Whowe are and what we are doing"- guests from University of Pretoria, Natural Hazard Centre
• University of Pretoria - Natural Hazard Centre

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EPOS-IP Annual Meeting, 06-10.05.2019, Pisa, Italy

• This week EPOS WP14 members gathered in beautiful Pisa for the 4th and final annual meeting to discuss the progress and successes of the EPOS IP project and the consortium plans for the future.
• A data/episode review workshop was also held.

APRIL:

Geosfera 2019, Chęciny:

• Geosfera is an annual workshop aimed at geophysics for Earth Sciences students of various fields.
• Geosfera 2019 workshop was organised by Students Scientific Group PREM from Faculty of the Earth Sciences at University of Silesia.
• It took place in a beautifully location: European Centre for Geological Education of University of Warsaw in Korzecko quarry near Chęciny. 
• This year, TCS AH prepared the anthropogenic seismicity workshop dedicated for students. It covered the basics of the anthropogenic seismicity research concepts and the IS-EPOS platform (tcs.ah-epos.eu) training.
• During two days of the workshop students were able to learn how to calculate basic statistical parameters of seismic catalog and how to perform time-dependent hazard analysis in induced seismicity cases. Basics of the physical description of seismic process was also presented with examples and exercises covering location of the events, focal mechanism, moment magnitude calculations and spectral parameters estimations. Students were satisfied with the possibility to work on real data cases and the opportunity to tackle the scientific challenges similar, which they might face in the future.
• Photos from https://www.epos-ip.org/anthropogenic-seismicity-epos-platform-workshop-students-geosfera-2019

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 29^th  April 2019, Kraków:

• dr inż Maria Kozłowska: "What governs the productivity of aftershocks in mining environment?"

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SUCCESS ! 25.04.2019, Kraków, Warsaw, Seismological World.

• Dr Łukasz Rudziński, during the Scientific Council on 25/04/2019, ceased to be only a Doctor - Welcome to the new Professor in the Department of Seismology.
• Congratulations!

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MARCH:

The conference  Third Schatzalp Workshop on Induced Seismicity organised by Swiss Seismological Service at  ETHZ on March 5-8 in Davos. Our Department was represented by Maria Kozłowska, who presented poster  "How to model aftershocks in induced seismicity? Insight into seismicity of Kiruna Mine, Sweden". 

FEBRUARY:

Statutory topics implemented in 2018

• 26th-27th February 2019 meeting concerning Statutory topics implemented in 2018 was held in Warsaw in Instytitute of Geophysics PAS. 
• Seismology department was represented by:
  • ​Prof. S. Lasocki: High injection rates counteract formation of far-extending fluid migration pathways
  • Dr hab. B. Orlecka – Sikora: Tracking the growth of the injection-induced fracture networks
  • Dr M. Kozłowska: Studying aftershocks in mining induced seismicity
  • Dr Ł. Rudziński: Rapid ground deformation corresponding to a mining-induced seismic event followed by a massive collapse
  • Dr hab. G. Lizurek: Seismicity induced by water reservoirs
  • Dr inż. K. Leptokaropoulos: A summary of the advances in injection-induced seismicity obtained within SHEER project.
• Traditionally, the Director prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora awarded prizes for outstanding publishing activities in 2018. This year, the laureates included: prof. Zbigniew Czechowski, prof. Krzysztof Mizerski, dr hab. Adam Piotrowski, dr Magdalena Mrokowska and dr Mateusz Moskalik.
• dr Maria Kozłowska was awarded for the best presentation of the second day of the meeting, congratulations!

JANUARY:

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 29^th January 2019, Kraków:

• dr Vaclav Vavrycuk: "Earthquake swarms versus mainshock-aftershock activity in West Bohemia, Czech Republic" 

• dr Jan Sileny: "Constrained moment tensors: source models and case studies"

​           Information about our guestst can be found on the website of Institute of Geophysics Czech Academy of Sciences:

• dr Vaclav Vavrycuk
• dr Jan Sileny

2018

DECEMBER:

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 14^th December 2018, Kraków:

• prof. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki: "Prediction of seismic impact linked to minig in selected sections of KGHM mines on the Żelazny Most tailings pond" 

NOVEMBER:

EPOS-PL Conference, 19-21.11.2018, Jachranka.

• The 1st Scientific and Technical Conference dedicated to the EPOS-PL project (European Plate Observing System) was held on 19-21 November 2018, at the Windsor Hotel in Jachranka – near Warsaw, Poland.
• The first day of the conference was dedicated to the main pillars of the EPOS project – the biggest European infrastructural project in Earth Sciences. During first session, Prof. Stanisław Lasocki presented the road of Poland towards integration with EPOS.
• Assoc. Prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora explained the history and integration of the EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards, that, currently, is being coordinated by the Institute of Geophysics PAS.Ostatnią prezentację w tej sesji wygłosił przedstawiciel strategicznego konsorcjanta przemysłowego Pan mgr inż. Adam Barański z Polskiej Grupy Górniczej S.A.– "Rola PGG S.A. w projekcie EPOS-PL – nasz wkład i oczekiwania"
• The last presentation in this session was given by representative of a strategic industrial consortium MSc. Adam Barański from Polska Grupa Górnicza S.A. - "The role of PGG S.A. in the EPOS-PL project - our contribution and expectations".
• More information on the EPOS-PL Conference can be found on the official website of the project: https://epos-pl.eu/i-konferencja-naukowo-techniczna-projektu-epos-system-obserwacji-plyty-europejskiej-epos-pl,60,pl.html

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 9^th November 2018, Kraków:

• mgr Alicja Caputa: "Source analysis of post-blasting events recorded in Rudna copper mine" 
• dr inż. Dorota Olszewska: "A study of site effect using surface-downhole seismic data in a mining area"
   

OCTOBER:

Project meeting of contractors and consultants Vinnova SIP STRIM Project in Furufjärdens Gästgård, Sweden; 3-4.10.2018

• This project is to determine the criteria for temporary closure and return of operation in seismically active mines.
• The meeting was attended by representatives of the Lulea University, LKAB and Boliden company and consultants from Italy and Poland, including the employees of our Institute: Director Beata Orlecka-Sikora, prof. Stanisław Lasocki, dr Maria Kozłowska and dr Konstantinos Leptokarapoulos.

SEPTEMBER:

36th General Assembly of EUROPEAN SEISMOLOGICAL COMISSION, 2-7.09.2018, Malta.

• 36th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission (GA ESC) was held from the 2nd to the 7th September 2018 in Valletta, Malta.
• The Assembly was primarily a meeting ground for academics and researchers working in the field of seismology and related applications, including applied and social aspects of seismology, such as earthquake hazard and risk, earthquake engineering, education and awareness, and risk prevention.
• Over 40 sessions have been proposed covering different areas of seismology and more. 
• The conference, from the Department of Seismology, was attended by dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek and mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta, who gave oral presentations and a poster.

AUGUST:

Peter Bormann Young Seismologists Training Course on Array Seismology, 27^th-31^st.08.2018, Malta.

•  The programme involved a series of lectures, seminars, discussions and practical exercises focused on Array Seismology.  Topics tackled during YSTC:

  • Introduction to seismic arrays and their configuration, Accessing seismic array data, Stacking seismic traces, Time-domain slowness estimation, Time-domain back-projection, Array based location of microseisms
  • The International Monitoring System network CTBTO and many others!

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 24^th August 2018, Kraków:

• mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta: "Seismic response and fracture growth due to fluid injection"
• dr inż. Maria Kozłowska: "Two types of seismicity accompanying hydraulic fracturing in Harrison County, Ohio. Implications for seismic hazard and seismogenic mechanism."
   

An article in the Academic Forum promoting the Department of Seismology and the Institute of Geophysics PAS

https://prenumeruj.forumakademickie.pl/media/fa/okladki/fa_07-08_2018_1.jpg

MAY:

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 21^th MAY 2018, Kraków:

• dr hab. prof. IG PAS Artur Cichowicz: "Monitoring and Routine Interpretation of Seismological Data in the Department of Seismology, April 2018"

APRIL:

SHEER final meeting, 26 - 28 of April, 2018, Kraków, Poland.

The official final meeting of SHEER (Shale Gas Exploration and Exploitation Induced Risks) project took place in Kraków, Poland between 26 - 28 of April, 2018. Project was carried out in framework of an international consortium of scientific institutions from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, UK, USA and Poland. Participants summarized and discussed 3 years of sciene researches in the project. Meeting and discussion led Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki (Head of Department of Seismology). Photo report of final meeting below.

Meeting with swedish scientists, 16 - 18 of April 2018, Kraków, Poland.

In the Department of Seismology between 16 - 18 of April we were hosting our swedish colleagues:

• prof. Savka Dineva (Luleå tekniska universitet)
• Ville Toernman (Luleå tekniska universitet / LKAB)
• Jesper Martinsson (LKAB)

The main point of this meeting was to evaluate our international cooperation. Moreover scientics from Poland and Sweden were discusing and analyzing the problems they are working on in their departments. 
Department of Seismology (IG PAS) was reprezented by:

• prof. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki
• dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos
• dr inż. Maria Kozłowska
• mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta

Photos from the meeting below:
 

Workshop for teachers, 16 of April 2018, Kraków, Poland

Next part of workshop of ERIS project (Exploitation of Research results in School practice) dedicated for techers. In this time participants from Kraków were introducted how to use a results from scientific research in school lectures. The main topic of the meeting was the physics of earthquakes. Teachers were introduced to possibillities of IS-EPOS platform and how to interepretate and analyze research data.
Workshop was leded by dr Łukasz Rudziński.

Workshop on SWIP 5 system, 12-13 of April 2018, Department of Seismology, Kraków, Poland.

• dr inż. Jan Wiszniowski led the workshop on new SWIP 5 system
• Participants were acquinted with new opportunities of the system
• Photos from the meeting below:
   

Workshop for teachers, 9 of April 2018, Warsaw, Poland

Workshop of ERIS project (Exploitation of Research results in School practice) dedicated for techers. Participants were introducted how to use a results from scientific research in school lectures. The main topic of the meeting was the physics of earthquakes. Moreover teachers were introducet how to use IS-EPOS platform and how to exploit avaliable application for data analysis and interpretation.
Workshop was leded by dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek.

MARCH:

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018, 9 - 13 of April 2018, Vienna, Austria.

The main topic of the meeting: "Integrating data and services in solid Earth science".

Department of Seismology was reprezented by:

• dr Monika Sobiesiak
• proh. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki

dr Monika Sobiesiak: "Developements on the IS - EPOS platform for Analysing Anthropogenic Hazard".
 

PhD seminar, 28 of March, Warsaw, Poland.

• mgr Alicja Caputa: "Analysis of post-blasting seismic sources recorded after rockurst active prevention - ideas and syntetic thesis"
   

Workshops: "Seventh EAGE Workshop on Passive Seismic 2018", 27-29 of March, Cracow, Poland.

• Department of Seismology IG PAS in this meeting was represented by:
  • dr hab. inż. prof. IG PAS Beata Orlecka - Sikora
  • prof. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki
  • prof. dr hab. inż. Henryk Marcak
  • dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos
  • mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta
     

• Photos from the meeting:
   

Workshops on induced seismicity, 21 - 22 of March 2018, Bologna, Italy.

• Department of Seismology IGF PAS in this meeting was represented by:
  • dr hab. inż. (prof. IG PAS) Beata Orlecka - Sikora (director of IG PAS)
  • prof. dr hab. Stanisław Lasocki (head of Department of Seismology)
  • dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos
  • mgr inż. Alicja Caputa
  • mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta
     

• The main topic being eveolved during this meeting was: "Induced Seismicity: from monitoring of non-stationary processes to definition of performance-based mitigation strategies”.
   

• Photos from the event:
   

EPOS Implementation and Validation Workshop, 12-15.03.2018r,  Lisbon, Portugal

• From The Departament of Seismology: prof. Stanisław Lasocki, prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora oraz dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek took part in the meeting.
• The main issue being disscused during the meeting was "Critical issues to the effective implementation and validation of EPOS services".
• Photos from "User strategy and training" session taken by Karolina Chodzińska:
   

Workshop on data preparation for the MUSE Database Center and TCS Platform, 1-2/03/2018, conference room, Kraków, IGF PAN

• dr inż. Jan Wiszniowski on 01-02/03/2018 in Krakow, led the Workshop on the data preparation for the MUSE Database Center and TCS Platform. 
• The workshops concerned in particular the most popular seismic data formats and SeisComp software.
• Pictures from the event below:
   

 

februarY:

​Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 19^th February 2018, Kraków:

• dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek : "Noise influence on P-wave amplitude moment tensor decomposition".

JANUARY:

​Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 12^th January 2018, Kraków:

• prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora : "Seismicity response of the northwestern part of The Geysers geothermal reservoir to fluid injection.".

2017
 

December:

Internal report - scientific topics in 2017, 18th December 2017, Kraków

• On December 18, 2017 in the Department of Seismology in Krakow, internal revisions of scientific subjects realized in 2017 took place.
• Presentations were given by: mgr inż. Wojciech Białoń, mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta, MA Alicja Caputa, dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos, dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek, dr inż. Dorota Olszewska, dr Łukasz Rudziński, dr inż. Jan Wiszniowski.
• We wish you even more success in the upcoming 2018!
   

November:

S4CE Project- field visit 23-23.11.2017r, Belgrade, Serbia

• On November 22, 2017, within S4CE project, a visit to the site of the planned seismic monitoring of the Rusanda oil field, the "RUS-17" borehole took place, 
• Participants familiarized themselves with the facilities and installations for gas processing "Elemir Oil and Gas Preparation and Transportation Unit", and saw the equipment and work of the geotechnical lab "NIS Scientific and Technological Center (NTC) Laboratory",
• On November 23, 2017, technical consultations regarding monitoring of works carried out in the Rusanda field took place. 3D / 4D data acquisition (NIS), micro seismicity monitoring (IGF / UNISA), gas emission monitoring (MIRICO), water quality monitoring (UNINA).
   

RaSiM 9th - Rock Mass Response to Mining and Underground Construction, 15-17 Nov, Santiago, Chile

• The following topics were discussed in RaSiM9: Seismic hazard, Pasive and active seismicity, Mechanism of seismic events and rockbursts, Acquisition, processing and interpretation of seismic data, Induced and tectonic seismicity, Integration of modeling, mine planning and design, Mining and construction under high stress conditions, Rock mass preconditioning, Dynamic support, Laboratory studies, Case studies.
• prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora, prof. Stanisław Lasocki and dr Łukasz Rudziński attended RaSiM conference and gave speeches:
• IS-EPOS Platform for Anthropogenic Seismicity Research: a modern e-tool of EPOS Thematic Core Service „Anthropogenic Hazards”, designed to integrate infrastructures and facilitate research of human induced seismicity. Rudziński, Ł. Lasocki, S., Orlecka – Sikora, B. Institute of Geophysics PAS, Poland,; Szepieniec, T. Academic Computer Center Cyfronet AGH, Poland; Leptokaroupolos, K. Institute of Geophysics PAS, Garcia-Aristizabal, A. AMRA, Italy; Grasso, J.-R Observatoire Multidisciplinaire des Instabilités de Versants, France and Kwiatek; G. German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany. 
• Complex Mechanism of Rockburst observed on Polish Copper Mines. Rudziński, Ł. Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Cesca, S. GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany, Talaga, A., Koziarz, E. KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Rudna Copper Mine, Poland
• Towards Energy Magnitude for Mining-Induced Seismicity. Rudziński, Ł. Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; Dineva, S. Department of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
• prof. Lasocki had an invited lecture: A catastrophic event in Rudna copper-ore mine in Poland on 29 November, 2016: what, how and why. Stanisław Lasocki, Institute of Geophysics PAS, Poland
• prof. Lasocki was the Chair of the Seismic Hazard and Seismic Monitoring Session.
   

1st, 2nd and 3rd photo is taken from www.rasim.cl/images webpage.
 

october:

​Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 30^th  October 2017, Kraków:

• prof. dr hab. Stanisławo Lasocki : "The transformation to equivalent dimensions applied to study correlations between seismic and technological activity: the case of The Geysers.",
• mgr inż. Wojciech Białoń: “Relocation of seismic events from the Niedzica area by the TRMloc program”.
   

S4CE project- field trip 23-25.10.2017r , Reykjavik, Islandia

• On the 24^th of October, a field trip to the Hellisheidi Power Plant, Iceland, took place under the framework of S4CE Project. 15 representatives from 7 institutions including 5 members of the host company, Reykjavik Energy (OR) participated. 
• Kostas Leptokaropoulos represented IG-PAS for topics related to WP6.5 (Assessing rapid fluid transport probability and tracking fluid pathways in the rockmass) and WP9.7 (S4CE Database on Is-Epos platform). 
• After gathering at the headquarters of OR a short introduction and a safety briefing was given to the participants by OR members. The group then moved to the Hellisheidi ~25 km from Reykjavik and visited the geothermal power plant and the injection site.
• The field trip was followed by a workshop where the participants exchanged opinions and discussed about potential cooperation through S4CE project, including data availability, techniques development, instrument installation and application of scientific methodologies on the data acquired from the site. 
   

IG PAS visits Vietnam, 18-22.10.2017r, Hanoi, Vietnam

• The anniversary of the International Geophysical Year 1957-2017 was honored at the International Conference on Research and Development in Geophysics, 18 - 22 October 2017 in Hanoi.
• Apart from the scientific sessions devoted to various branches of geophysics, there were also moments of excitement, especially during a visit to Sa Pa, where 60 years ago Polish scientists from the Institute of Geophysics, headed by prof. Roman Teisseyrem, created the first geophysical observatory, which gave rise to geophysical research in Vietnam.
• In the presence of representatives from IGF PAS, prof. Jerzy Bulik (member of the expedition to Vietnam 1957-1958) and representatives of the Vietnamese side unveiled a plaque commemorating this historic event.
• Cooperation with scientists from the Institute of Geophysics of the Vietnamese Academy of Sciences is still very fruitful and takes place in many areas of geophysical research.
• Prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora with prof. Lasocki and dr Jan Wiszniowski from the Department of Seismology IGF PAN participated in this momentous event.
• More can be read at http://www.igf.edu.pl/wydarzenia.php?news_id=156(photos from www.igf.edu.pl)
   

WP14 Members attending EPOS IP Annual Meeting in Bucharest

• prof. Stanisław Lasocki, prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora and dr hab. Grzegorzem Lizurkiem attended EPOS IP Annual Meeting in Bucharest
   

SEPTEMBER:

36 POLISH – CZECH – SLOVAKIAN SYMPOSIUM ON MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS, 24-27 September, Zagórze Śląskie

• dr Łukasz Rudziński and MSc Eng Szymon Cielesta attended 36 POLISH – CZECH – SLOVAKIAN SYMPOSIUM ON MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS in Zagórze Śląskie, photos below.
• In addition, the 36th SPCSG Congress held a meeting "Closing Criteria due to seismic hazard", which was attended by the above mentioned scientists from Poland and prof. Savka Dineva (LTU, Sweden) together with PhD students and engineers from Kiruna and Boliden mines (Sweden).
   

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September 4th and 5th, 2017, Kick Off Meeting of Science 4 Clean Energy, Londyn

• Prof. Stanisław Lasocki with dr Grzegorz Lizurek and dr Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos attended this meeting and had a speech
• Science4CleanEnergy, S4CE, is a multi-disciplinary consortium, of world-leading academics, research laboratories, SMEs and industries. 
• S4CE will develop a project that includes fundamental studies of fluid transport and reactivity, development of new instruments and methods for the detection and quantification of emissions, micro-seismic events etc., lab and field testing of such new technologies, and the deployment of the successful detection and quantification technologies in subsurface sites for continuous monitoring of the risks identified by the European Commission.
   

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 1^st  September 2017, Kraków:

• mgr inż. Szymon Cielesta : "Numerical modeling insight into mining seismicity",
• dr Łukasz Rudziński: “Complex Mechanism of Rockbursts observed on Polish Copper Mines”.
   

AUGUST:

Interview for Polsat and TVN24 TV, Kraków 2017

• Due to the earthquake in Italy on the Ischia island, prof. Lasocki, the head of the Seismology Department, was interviewed by Polsat and TVN24 polish televisions.
   

JUly:

IAG-IASPEI Conference, Kobe, Japan 2017

 
 

JUNE:

Seminar of Department of Seismology, Institute of Geophysics PAS, 30^th June 2017, Kraków:

• dr inż. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos : "Implications of magnitude uncertainties on completeness magnitude and b-value estimations",
• dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek: “Moment tensor and stress inversion of reservoir triggered seismicity in Song Tranh2 vicinity”.
   

Meeting with scientists from Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Cracow

• On June 13, a meeting with a group of scientists of the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics of Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences was held. The meeting is supposed to be the start of scientific cooperation between the mentioned Institute and the Institute of Geophysics  Polish Academy of Sciences.
• During the meeting the scientists presented each other areas of scientific interest and some specific research topics.
• Dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek presented research topics conducted at the Department of Seismology and prof. Aleksander Pietruczuk presented selected scientific issues in the Department of Atmospheric Physics. Then dr hab. Grzegorz Lizurek and dr Łukasz Rudzinski discussed the main research works they lead.
• The meeting was attended by all the staff of the Department of Seismology IG PAS, while the participants of the UPWr reported are:
  • ​prof. dr hab. inż. Jarosław Bosy
  • prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Borkowski
  • dr hab. inż. Witold Rohm
  • dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Sośnica
  • dr inż. Tomasz Hadaś
  • 3 PhD students
     

Second SHEER Annual Meeting, Blackpool

• On 7^th June 2017, second SHEER Annual Meeting took place in Blackpool, UK. Department of Seismology IG PAS was represented by prof. Stanisław Lasocki, prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora, prof. Henryk Marcak, Ph.D. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos, Monika Staszek and Annna Lisowska.
   

MAY:

IS-EPOS Platform Workshop, Potsdam

• On 12^th May 2017, IS-EPOS Platform Workshop took place in Potsdam, Germany. During the workshop, IS-EPOS platform was presented to Ph.D., Master students and other people interested in learning how e-research studies can be conducted with all the tools and data provided by IS-EPOS platform.
   

EPOS-IP meeting, Potsdam

• On 10^th - 11^th May 2017, EPOS-IP  WP14 meeting was held in Potsdam, Germany. Representatives of 13 institutions involved in WP14 TCS AH were present during the meeting. Crucial activities connected witth TCS AH implementation were discussed and summary of last 18 months of work was conducted. 
   

APRIL:

The European Geosiences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, Vienna

• The European Geosciences Union (EGU), General Assembly 2017 took place in Vienna, Austria, from 24th to 28th of April, 2017. There were 5 participants to represent  the Department of Seismology, IG-PAS, namely Dr Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos, Alicja Caputa, Mateusz Lasak, Monika Staszek and Paweł Urban, and also Damian Kula, master's student under supervision of Ph.D. Dorota Olszewska. A total of 12 presentations took place, among them 3 oral, 8 posters and 1 PICO presentation and 14 members of the Department of Seismology IG-PAS were involved in them. Most of them (seven) were presented within the session “ERE2.1 – Energy, Resources and the Environment: Impact of energy and resource exploitation on the environment - Environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing: Measurements, monitoring, mitigation and management”. Three presentations took place during the session “SM8.1 – Crustal fluids & Seismic activity (incl. induced & triggered seismicity, volcano seismology): Induced and Triggered Seismic Activity: Observation, Theory and Hazard Analysis”. One poster was presented during the co-organized session “SM5.1/ESSI2.10/GI1.6 Integrated research infrastructures and services in geosciences (co-organized)” and the PICO presentation took place within the session “CR2.3 - Applied geophysics and in-situ methods in cryospheric sciences”. From the three oral presentations two were performed by Seismology Department of IG-PAS members Mateusz Lasak and Monika Staszek on Monday, April 24th. Both speakers presented summary and findings of their teams’ research and provided additional information to attendees who asked them questions during their presentations. On Wednesday, April 26th, Dr. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos performed an one and half hour presentation/demonstration of the IS-EPOS platform in the EPOS booth, entitled as “EPOS Thematic Core Service (TCS) – Anthropogenic Hazards (AH) Demonstration Session”. Discussion with the audience took place during the presentation and demonstration of the platform. All department participants attended oral and poster sessions regarding (among others) earthquake source processes, seismic forecast and hazard assessment, statistical seismology, general seismology, induced seismicity, geothermal resources and environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing. The seismology department members followed several scientific discussions with other participants and speakers concerning details and future aspects of methods and results. 
   

FEBRUARY:

Inaugaration of EPOS project, Warsaw

• Officialy, with presence of Management, representatives of National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union, National Information Processing Institute and all consortium members, EPOS project (European Plate Observing System) was inaugurated. Aim of the project, cofinanced with resources from European Regional Development Fund, is creating of  the research infrastructure in the field of the Earh sciences on the local and national level, and its strict integration with international, european and global databases, services in the framework of EPOS programme.
• Project funds: 62 558 323,87 PLN; Financing from the reseources of European Regional Development Fund: 47 399 281,47 PLN
• Consortium members: Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, ACK Cyfronet AGH, Central Mining Institute, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Military University of Technology, and PGG Coal Company.

EPOS Newsletter 

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e92e0dec8f1c53a43c7b3f656&id=22a8cd9eed

JANUARY:

Does earthquake threaten us in Poland?

• On 31^st January 2017, Ph.D. Łukasz Rudziński and Ms.C. Ewa Zarzycka were guests of Radio Kraków audition: "Przed hejnałem". Representatives of Department of Seismology were answering the questions about earthquakes in Poland and predicting of earthquakes.
   

Beginning of the EPOS-PL project, Warsaw

• EPOS (European Plate Observing System) Project agreement was signed on 19^th January 2017 in Warsaw.

Project is realised by the Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences in cooperation with ACK Cyfronet AGH, Central Mining Institute, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Military University of Technology, and PGG Coal Company.

In the framework of this project a reasearch infrastructure, EPOS-PL, will be created - multilayered, multidisciplinary and interoperable research infrastructure, where data are stored and collected from various, scattered seismic networks, and then the data are processed, standarized and integrated within databases and correspondig metadata.  Access to the data is provided through web page with appropriate services/analytical applications and dedicated visualisations.

EPOS-PL project is a part of larger endeavour. Created within the project, new infrastructure EPOS-PL is strictly connected with pan-European infrastructure for solid Earth science and EPOS will be its integral part. 

SHEER 4 Newsletter

• http://www.sheerproject.eu/images/newsletter/SHEER-04-News-Jan-17.pdf

Earthquakes in central Italy

• 4 events with magnitudes from M5.2 to M5.7 occurred in central Italy on 18 January 2017 within 4 hours. The strongest event took place at 10:14 UTC. All tremors had epicenters located south from Amatrice, town devastated by tragic earthquake with M6.2, occurred on 24^th September 2016 and earthquake with M6.5 occurred on 30^th October 2016. Both of them were located north from Amatrice. 18^th January earthquakes should be considered as a series of aftershocks after October 2016 earthquake, and specifically as a result of activating consecutive fault segments in Amatrice area. Strongest event recorded by PLSN network is shown below:
   

2016 summary meeting on statutory activities, Warsaw

• On 17^th - 17^th January 2017, during the meeting summarizing 2015 year in Warsaw, Ph.D. Łukasz Rudziński presented accomplishments of Department of Seismology in the field of statutory activities. Additionaly, 1^st edition of Institute of Geophysics Mentors Awards took place. 
• Institute of Geophysics Mentors Awards honoured prof. Stanisław Lasocki, prof. Michał Malinowski, and prof. Krzysztof Mizerski.
   

16^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Chile

• On 9^th - 13^th January 2017, 16^th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering took place in Chile. Representatives of Department of Seismology were present during the conference: Ph.D. Dorota Olszewska and Ph.D. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos. Ph.D. Dorota Olszewska presented a paper: "Ground Motion Prediction Equations for mining induced seimicity in Legnica - Glogow Copper District in Poland", and Ph.D. Konstantinos Leptokaropoulos presented: "IS-EPOS: A Digital Research Space to facilitate integrated approach to Anthropogenic Seismic Hazards".
   

2016

Nanometrics measuring units training course, Kraków 

•  On 2^nd - 3^rd February 2016, Nanometrics measuring units training course took place in the Department of Seismology, IG PAS, Kraków. Training was lead by Robert Statham, canadian representative of Nanometrics.
   

2015 summary meeting, Warsaw

• On 29^th January 2016, during meeting summarizing 2015 year in Warsaw, Ph.D. Łukasz Rudziński presented accomplishments of Department of Seismology in the field of statutory activities. 
   

SHEER 1 Newsletter

• http://www.sheerproject.eu/images/newsletter/SHEER-01-News-Jan-16.pdf
   

Sucess of IS-EPOS project appreciated in Europe

• Project RICH 2020 (Research Infrastructures Consortium for Horizon 2020). the European Network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Research Infrastructures in Horizon 2020, facilitates transnational cooperation between NCPs, promotes the effective implementation of the RI programme, supports transnational and virtual access to RIs and highlights the opportunities offered by Research Infrastructures - at the European and international level. Integrated approach to geophysical hazards induced by exploration and exploitation of georesources to facilitate the way of attaining excellence, prof.Stanisław Lasocki and prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora, Institute of Geophysics, PAS.

2015

NOVEMBER:

IS-EPOS Platform presented to general public, Katowice