Schweres Erdbeben in Myanmar
Am 28.03.2025 ereignete sich um 07:20:54 MEZ (= 06:20:54 Weltzeit) ein schweres Erdbeben in Mandalay, der zweitgrößten Stadt Myanmars. Nach etwa 11 Minuten erreichten die ersten seismischen Wellen Göttingen und wurden dort u.a. von der modernen Station GTTG registriert (siehe...
Bomb detonation creates an earthquake with a magnitude of 1.7 setting the Harz...
On the 12th of October 2024, three 500 kg World War II bombs were detonated simultaneously in Göttingen at 4:45 p.m. After about one second, the first seismic waves reached the Wiechert earthquake observatory, located about 3 km to the...
Mona Schulzek, contemporary artist, visited the earthquake observatory
Sooting paper as a form of Experimental Art The historic Wiechert earthquake observatory in Göttingen is a collector of living scientific history. Here you can even find traces of Gauss's research into earth's magnetism. Our observatory apparently also exerts a...
Pupils experience earthquake research
Cooperation agreement between Wiechert’sche Erdbebenwarte and Theodor-Heuß-Gymnasium Wiechert’s earthquake observatory association (earthquake observatory) and Theodor-Heuß-Gymnasium (THG) set as a common goal to promote interest of pupils in the following topics: earthquakes, seismology, seismic, geothermal energy, geomagnetism, solar-terrestrial relationships, telegraphy...
Gough-Reitzel-Küppers Magnetometer in the Gauss House
On 18 October 2023, Prof. Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier visited the Gauss House on the grounds of Wiechert's Göttingen Earthquake Observatory and brought with him the last still functioning Gough-Reitzel-Küppers Magnetometer (GRKM) (see photo). This portable 3-component torsion magnetometer was developed by...
Association receives donation from MMV Leasing GmbH
The employees of the Göttingen office of MMV Leasing GmbH have collected and surprised the association "Wiechert'sche Erdbebenwarte Göttingen" with a generous donation. A cheque for € 500 was presented to the association's board by Ms Maier-Grobecker on 15 December...
Treasure of the region – Two prizes won by Volksbank Kassel Göttingen
Die Wiechert'sche Erdbebenwarte Göttingen hat bei der Preisverleihung am 26. Juni 2019 in der Hauptfiliale der Volksbank Kassel Göttingen zwei Preise gewonnen: Preis für die erfolgreiche Teilnahme am Wettbewerb (13. Platz beim Bürger-Voting), prämiert mit 500 Euro Jury-Sonderpreis, prämiert mit 3000 Euro...
Newsblog über die Erdbebenwarte – von Christoph Mischke für den Göttinger...
Dumpfer Rumms und schwankender Fels
YouTube video about the earthquake station
In January 2018, Tom Scott, a YouTube filmmaker with over 1 million followers, filmed about 3.5 hours on our site. He mainly deals with scientific topics. That came out of it – great Tom and thanks!