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Thu 05 May 2008Wicklow students picked up China earthquake
TECHNOLOGY:SECOND-LEVEL STUDENTS in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, were among the first in the world to receive news of China's recent devastating earthquake. They had access to their own seismometer which allowed them to detect shock waves from the distant quake as they were occurring.
The seismometer was there to record the event as part of the Seismology in Schools initiative currently being rolled out by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (Dias).
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