Schools install seismic sensors

Teachers run drills to prepare for earthquakes

Carlos Ventura, director of UBC's Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, displays the sensor disc of a p-wave detector. It is placed in a case no larger than a coffee cup and buried. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

School is out, but while students enjoy a few months of freedom, their schools will be buzzing with the installation of brand-new seismic sensors. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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