Saint-Pierre/ Guided tour of the volcanological and seismological observatory of Martinique

Name: Saint-Pierre / Visite guidée de l'Observatoire volcanologique et sismologique de la Martinique
Start: 2022-09-17T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-17T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Martinique

Guided tours of the volcanological and seismological observatory of Martinique

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 09h00Passé

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0596 78 41 41

OVSM-IPGP

Guided tour of the volcanological and seismological observatory of Martinique

Its missions, the means of surveillance of volcanoes and the professions of observatories.

Saturday, September 17, 2022, two departures are scheduled for 9 am and 11 am. On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the OVSM-IPGP proposes a visit to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Martinique. These visits are free, but upon registration MANDATORY, since we cannot receive more than 20 people at a time. Registration on 05 96 78 41 41.

À propos du lieu

Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de Martinique

97250

SAINT-PIERRE
Martinique

Following the eruption of May 8, 1902, a first observatory of Mount Pelee was erected in front of the volcano, on the Morne des Cadets, at the instigation of Alfred Lacroix, professor at the National Museum of Natural History.
A new observatory was then created on the Morne Moustin in 1935, after the last eruptive period from 1929 to 1932 and it was in 1946 that the mission of monitoring the volcano was entrusted to the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP).
In 2019, the volcanological and seismological observatory of Martinique is set up in a new earthquake-resistant and paracyclonic building, on the morne la Rosette in Saint-Pierre, built and made available by the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique (CTM).
Within the framework of the national observation services of the CNRS-INSU, the missions entrusted to the IPGP, via its volcanological and seismological observatory of Martinique, are mainly the observation of the activity of the volcano of Mount Pelee, the continuous mo