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Monday, January 28, 2013

Weston Observatory's Spring Colloquium Series Accepting Reservations

The series kicked off Jan. 23 and will include monthly colloquia through May.

The Weston Observatory has announced the lineup for its Spring Colloquia series and is now accepting reservations for the limited seats available. This season series includes talks by a glaciologist, who will be discussing "“Views Of The Great Ice Sheets: From Orbit To Up Close And Personal”; an archaeolinguist, who will discuss "“Sleuthing In Central Park: Geoarchaeology And Geophysics At Seneca Village.” According to the Weston Observatory website, the colloquia are free and open to the public, but reservations are required as there is no standing room and seats are limited. Refreshments will also be served. For a full lineup of speakers and topics, see the attached PDF. To register for one of the talks, call (617) 552-8300.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Why You May Not Have Felt the Earthquake

The Oct. 16 earthquake was felt by some, but not others.

  Are you wondering why you didn't feel the Oct. 16 earthquake? The earthquake was felt by some people in towns west of Boston, but not by others, even in the same town. Earthquake shaking tends to be amplified in areas where there are soft soil conditions, according John Ebel, the director of the Weston Observatory, which studies and monitors earthquakes. If you live near a landfill, you will likely feel shaking more strongly than if you live on rock formations, Ebel said. Also, some buildings have a stronger tendency to shake more than others, Ebel said. For example, some residents near the Virginia earthquake in 2011 felt the tremors, while others did not, he said. Ebel spoke to Patch in the wake of the earthquake, after Twitter and …

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