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The University of the West Indies

at Mona, Jamaica

Earthquake Unit

 
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A felt earthquake of magnitude 3.2 occurred at 1:30pm on Saturday May 10, 2008. Its epicentre was located near Cedar Valley, St Thomas.
Did you feel it? Please click here to download and print our Earthquake Report Form*. *Requires Adobe Reader, get the latest version here.
 
Antenna used for transmitting data 
Visiting school students at Earthquake Unit booth during exhibition

 

The Earthquake Unit

 

 

 

 

 

The Earthquake Unit is a self-financing unit in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies. Funded by the Government of Jamaica through the Ministry of Health and Enviroment, the unit serves as Jamaica's hub for earthquake monitoring and research.

Solar panels at Earthquake Unit
The solar panels that provide alternate power for the central Recording station at Mona

As such we operate the Jamaica Seismograph Network (JSN), the Jamaica Strong Motion Network (JSMN) and a Global Positioning System network, which together measure a range of crustal movements - weak and strong coseismic displacements to very small aseismic strains. Throughout our operations we promote the use of solar energy.

 

 

 
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