The Irish National Seismic Network is a network of six permanent seismic sensors in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, run by
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) ( ga, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a statutory independent research institute in Ireland. It was established in 1940 on the initiative of the Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, in Dub ...
and
Geological Survey Ireland.
Despite Ireland being one of the seismically quietest places on the planet, there is still a measurable amount of seismic activity.
[ Given the size of the network, the smallest earthquakes that can be detected are about 1.0 on the ]Richter scale
The Richter scale —also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale—is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Francis Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 ...
, which would not be felt by people.[ Donegal, Wexford and the Irish Sea are the most seismically active parts of Ireland, but the strongest seismic events are in the Atlantic.][
DIAS hopes to add another sensor about 3 km below the Atlantic to measure seismic events to the west of Ireland.][
Valentia Observatory is part of the network and is the oldest seismic recording station in Ireland, taking measurements since 1962.]
References
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External links
Irish National Seismic Network home page
Live Seismograms at INSN
Catalogue of Local Earthquakes at INSN
Recent Earthquakes at INSN
EI: Irish National Seismic Network at International Federation of Digital Seismic Networks
Geology of the Republic of Ireland
Seismological observatories, organisations and projects
Seismic networks
Environment of the Republic of Ireland
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies