News

Final conference of the DuFAULT project: Dubrovnik, February 6, 2025

On Thursday, February 6, 2025, the final conference of the DuFAULT project will be held in Dubrovnik.

Doctoral dissertation defense

On October 14, 2024, PhD candidate Helena Latečki successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, which she completed as part of the DuFAULT project.

Field-work report: 26th-30th August 2024

In the period from August 26th to 30th 2024, a regular inspection and maintenance of the temporary seismological stations of the Du-Net network installed in the Dubrovnik area was carried out. New stations have been also installed as part of the HRZZ project DuFAULT and project CRONOS.

Project DuFAULT

Project title
Characterization and monitoring of the Dubrovnik fault system – DuFAULT
Croatian Science Foundation Research Project IP-2020-02-3960

Head of the project
Assoc. Prof. Josip Stipčević
jstipcevic[at]gfz.hr
Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute
Department of Geophysics
Faculty of Science
University of Zagreb

Project duration
15 February 2021 – 15 February 2025

Project summary

The main aim of this project is to explore the Dubrovnik fault system, one of the most seismically active regions in Croatia and one of the most active areas in Europe. Setting up a dense temporary network of seismographs along with a detailed analysis of recent seismic activity and important historical earthquakes, will improve the earthquake location accuracy and help us better understand the seismicity of the area. Analyses of previous geophysical and geological investigations as well as the application of new seismological and geological methods will enable the exploration of fault systems and the creation of high-resolution lithosphere models and earthquake simulation, which will indicate expected ground motion for future earthquakes and help us understand the seismic waves propagation through this area.