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Seismic Literacy Day 2023
Friday January 13 2023 occurs the fourth Seismic Literacy Day, the event of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) to promote the knowledge of earthquakes, the environment, volcanoes and the importance of the actions undertaken for the seismic prevention and for safeguarding the Earth. A special moment to raise awareness of the research and service activities carried out by INGV and to share our constant attention to the local area, the environment and risk mitigation.
In this fourth edition they will be proposed initiatives in many INGV offices throughout the national territory so that the public is increasingly involved in the scientific activities put in place. Also, with live streaming seminars on YouTube, it will be possible to follow the interventions of researchers in the world of Geosciences.
The program of activities is attached which will take place in the various INGV offices during the day.
Rome | via di Vigna Murata, 605
Morning | The activities will be completely dedicated to schools with visits to the laboratories and to some exhibits created for the occasion. Students will have three educational paths available.
Path 1
- Visit to the seismic hall, edited 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
- Game Mareopoli, edited by Maria DiNezza
- Visit to the seismic hall, edited by Salvatore Mazza and Pamela Roselli
- Seismic station with real-time visualization of the seismogram, edited by Stefano Farroni
- Stand Earthquakes and volcanoes from satellite, edited by Stefano Corradini and Christian Bignami
Timeline 3
- The water cycle, curated by Rossella Fonzetti, Ilaria Spassiani, Eleonora Vitagliano and Debora Maceroni
- Escape Volcano, edited by Valeria Misiti
- balance, edited by YOCOCU APS and Fondazione Territorio Italia
- Visit to the seismic hall, edited by Salvatore Mazza and Pamela Roselli
Afternoon | From 14:30am To: 18:30pm office will be open at public, without reservation.
Guided tours will be organized to discover the Seismic Room which monitors the entire Italian territory. The public will also be accompanied in the Paleomagnetism, Geochemistry, High Pressure and High Temperature, Ionosphere, Seismology and Ancient Instruments Laboratories to discover the "places of scientific research".
Children and teenagers will have a path in the world of geosciences completely dedicated to them.
Workshops for children/teenagers (6-18 years)
- Interactive trivia game - all ages edited by Manuela Sbarra
- Geotrivial - 14/18 years old edited by Valeria Misiti
- Escape Volcano 10/14 years edited by Maria DiNezza
- Laboratory The two volcanoes 6/10 years edited by Valeria Misiti and Maria Di Nezza
The researchers will also hold some in-depth seminars which can be followed in live streaming on the channel youBuffer Tube INGV events:
- 14 hours: 30 | Radon in Rome between health risk, geology and urban development,
edited by Maria Grazia Ciaccio
- 15 hours: 00 | A magnetic walk in Rome, talking about leaves and lichens such as fine dust bioaccumulators,
edited by Aldo Winkler
- 15 hours: 30 | Space Weather: when danger and opportunity meet,
edited by Luca Spogli
- 16 hours: 00 | Double T like Earthquake and Tsunami,
edited by Alessandro Amato
- 16 hours: 30 | How much will sea level rise on our coasts?
edited by Marco Anzidei
- 17 hours: 00 | Earthquake information in one APP,
edited by Maurizio Pignone
- 17 hours: 30 | Historical photos of the earthquake of Basilicata,
edited by Monia Maresci
Lerici office (SP) | Loc. Pozzuolo at ENEA Research Center S. Teresa
The activities of the researchers will be completely dedicated to schools with seminars and workshops.
- seminar Geophysics in action, edited by Paolo Stefanelli with the collaboration of the students of the IIS Capellini-Sauro della Spezia
- laboratory MEMORY: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Environment, edited by Marina Locritani
- laboratory GEORISK: detective hunting for natural hazards, edited by Giovanna Lucia Piangiamore
Headquarters of L'Aquila| Viale Francesco Crispi, 43/45 (Porta Napoli area)
The activities will be completely dedicated to schools
- The importance of seismic monitoring, edited by Gaetano De Luca
- The Earth's magnetic field and space weather, edited by Stefania Lepidi
Geophysical Museum of Rocca di Papa (RM) | Via dell'Osservatorio, 40
The Rocca di Papa Museum will be open to public all day.
In addition to the usual visit to the Museum, INGV researchers will offer explanations and demonstrations on the use of drones in the various fields of geophysical research.
Irpinia section | Contrada Ciavolone - Grottaminarda (AV)
Researchers open the door to the public by 10: 00 20 to: 00
- Mostra | Earthquakes: Beware of the elements! Details that save lives
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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Vesuvius Observatory | 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 youBuffer Tube INGV events
- 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.
Palermo section | via Ugo La Malfa, 153
The activities will be completely dedicated to schools.
- seminar Discovering earthquakes and volcanoes edited by Fabio Vita
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 15:00am To: 18:00pm 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.
You need to send an email to
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
All the program here
