January 13, 2023 marks the Fourth Seismic Literacy Day, the event that the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology promotes to talk about earthquakes, the environment, volcanoes and the importance of our actions for seismic prevention and protection of the Earth. A special occasion to learn about INGV's research and service activities and to share with everyone our constant attention to the territory, the environment and risk mitigation.
The initiatives this year involve 8 INGV offices: Rome, Rocca di Papa, Lerici, Vesuvian Observatory, Etna Observatory, Palermo, L'Aquila, Grottaminarda
Here the complete program of the day
Roma
Via di Vigna Murata, 605
MEETING WITH THE SCHOOLS
9.00-13.00
Three itineraries on the environment, earthquakes and volcanoes to learn about INGV's activities
Path 1
- Visit to the seismic room, curated by Salvatore Mazza and Pamela Roselli
- Interactive quiz game, edited by Manuela Sbarra
- Experiment with the Site Effects Laboratory, to understand how surface soils modify seismic waves, edited by Fabrizio Cara and Marta Pischiutta
- Stand Evolution of Historical Instruments and Atlas of visual sources of Italian earthquakes. Historical photos of the Basilicata earthquake, edited by Monia Maresci and Paola Vannoli
Path 2
- Mareopoli game, edited by Maria Di Nezza
- Visit to the seismic room, curated by Salvatore Mazza and Pamela Roselli
- Seismic station with real-time visualization of the seismogram, edited by Stefano Farroni
- Satellite earthquakes and volcanoes stand, curated by Stefano Corradini and Christian Bignami
Path 3
- The Water Cycle, curated by Rossella Fonzetti, Ilaria Spassiani, Eleonora Vitagliano and Debora Maceroni
- Escape Volcano, curated by Valeria Misiti
- Equilibìo, curated by YOCOCU APS and Fondazione Territorio Italia
- Visit to the seismic room, curated by Salvatore Mazza and Pamela Roselli
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
CONFERENCE ROOM
From 14:30 to 18:30 the office will be open at public, without reservation.
The researchers will also hold in-depth seminars that can be followed in live streaming on the YouTube channel
14.30
Maria Grazia Ciaccio
Volcanoes and Radon gas in Rome between health risk, geology and urban development
15:00
Aldo Winkler
A magnetic walk in Rome, talking about leaves and lichens as bioaccumulators of fine dust
15:30
Luca Spogli
Space Weather: when danger and opportunity meet
16:00
Alexander Amato
Double T like Earthquake and Tsunami
16:30
Marco Anzidei
How much will sea level rise on our coasts?
17:00
Maurice Pignone
Earthquake information in one APP
17:30
Monia Maresci
Historical photos of the earthquake in Basilicata
GUIDED TOURS
The maximum duration of visits is 30'. Appointment on the first floor at the poles marked with the name of the visit.
Seismic Room
14: 15 | 16: 45 | 17: 45
Laboratory High pressures, high temperatures
14: 45 | 15: 45 | 16: 45
Geochemistry laboratory
15: 15 | 17.15
Paleomagnetism laboratory
15: 45 | 17.45
Ionospheric laboratory
15.15 | 16:15
SISMOLAB-3D laboratory
14: 45 | 17.15
Laboratory of ancient instruments and historical photos of the Basilicata earthquake
16.15 | 18:15
WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE
Workshops must be booked at the INFO POINT on the ground floor, where the delivery and collection of children/teenagers will take place.
Interactive quiz game (ages 8+, duration 45 minutes)
how much do you know about earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis? Test yourself....., take our quiz
14pm | 30:15 pm | 30:16 pm | 30:17 pm |
Geotrivial (14/18 years, duration 45')
A reinterpretation of the classic Trivial Pursuit that will give you the opportunity to discover and deepen the Geosciences
14pm | 30:15 pm | 30:16 pm | 30:17 pm |
Escape Volcano (10/14 years, duration 45')
Learn more about volcanoes: Play with us to face the challenge of risk mitigation and environmental protection
14:30 | 15:30 | 16:30 | 17:30 p.m
Volcanic eruptions (6/10 years, duration 45')
Build a volcano, or rather two, and learn everything there is to know about effusive and explosive eruptions.
14:30 | 15:30 | 16:30 | 17:30 p.m
Geophysical Museum of Rocca di Papa (RM)
Via dell'Osservatorio, 40
GUIDED TOURS
9.00 | 10am | 00am | 11:00 pm
Mandatory registration
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
Drones and photogrammetry for geosciences
14.30 pm | 15:30 pm | 16:30 Fawzi Doumaz
Mandatory registration
Vesuvian Observatory Herculaneum (NA)
Via dell'Observatory - Herculaneum (NA)
Via dell'Observatory - Herculaneum (NA)
The historic headquarters of the Vesuvius Observatory on Vesuvius reopens its doors to public. There are many activities on offer and for some, reservations are required.
Guided tours | from 12:30 to 14:30
Visitors, upon reservation, will be able to visit the historic site and watch the films:
- The volcanologist, a profession with many faces, edited by Mauro Di Vito
- Pompei 79 AD, study of an eruption, edited by Mauro Di Vito
Only four groups of 25 visitors will be formed, organized in two rounds of visits.
La reservation is mandatory and only the first 100 bookings will be accepted.
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Seminars | from 9:30 to 12:30
The researchers will hold in-depth seminars in the historic headquarters which can also be followed in live streaming on the channel youTube
- 9 hours: 30 | Earthquakes in the Campanian Apennines and perivolcanic areas, edited by Girolamo Milano
- 10 hours: 30 | The volcanoes of the Neapolitan area, edited by Sandro de Vita
- 11 hours: 30 | The Pompeii eruption of 79 AD,edited by Domenico Doronzo
Exhibit | The monitoring of active volcanic areas | from 15:00 to 16:00
Welcomed by the Director of the Vesuvius Observatory, visitors will enter a Surveillance Room set up in the museum where they will be able to view the signals of the INGV Monitoring Network, so as to see "live" the surveillance activities of the active volcanic areas.
Etna Observatory
Piazza Roma, 2 - Catania
There are many activities on offer and reservations are required.
Morning | The activities will be completely dedicated to schools with visits to laboratories and exhibits
- seminar Discovering the Volcano of our house, edited by Boris Behncke
- visit in Operations Room of the Etna Observatory
- exhibit Remote sensing of volcanic gases using FTIR
- exhibit INGV for a safer world
Afternoon | From 15: 00 18 to: 00 office will be open at public.
It will also be possible to visit the Operations Room and some examples of the instruments used in monitoring and surveillance activities will be shown.
Reservations are required.
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The researchers will also hold in-depth seminars.
- 15.30 pm | How Virtual and Augmented Reality can help us improve ours knowledge of natural hazards and to reduce damage,
edited by Susanna Falsaperla
- 16 hours: 15 | Radon: what it is and what are the associated risks,
edited by Salvatore Giammanco
- 17 hours: 00 | The measurement of the earth's gravitational field for monitoring areas volcanic and seismogenic events in Italy,
by Filippo Greco
Also to follow the scientific seminars is reservation is mandatory a
Headquarters of L'Aquila
Viale Francesco Crispi, 43/45 (Porta Napoli area)
MEETING WITH THE SCHOOLS
9.00-13.00
- 9 hours: 00 | The importance of seismic monitoring edited by Gaetano De Luca
- 11 hours: 15 | The Earth's magnetic field and space weather edited by Stefania Lepidi
Lerici office (SP)
Loc. Pozzuolo at ENEA Research Center S. Teresa
MEETING WITH THE SCHOOLS
The activities of the researchers will be completely dedicated to schools with seminars and workshops.
- 9:30 am | seminary Geophysics in action, edited by Paolo Stefanelli with the collaboration of the students of the IIS Capellini-Sauro della Spezia
- 10:30 am | laboratory MEMORY: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Environment, edited by Marina Locritani
- 11:30 am | laboratory GEORISK: detective hunting for natural hazards, edited by Giovanna Lucia Piangiamore
Palermo office
Via Ugo La Malfa, 153
The activities will be completely dedicated to schools.
seminar Discovering earthquakes and volcanoes edited by Fabio Vita
Irpinia - Grottaminarda section
Contrada Ciavolone - Grottaminarda (AV)
Researchers open the door to the public by 10: 00 20 to: 00
Show | Earthquakes: Beware of the elements - life saving details
The exhibition, which aims to draw attention to the vulnerability of buildings and the actions that can contain it, will be open to the public upon reservation.
Reservations are required.
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