THE BELGRADE SEISMOLOGY INSTITUTE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 197
• Publication Date: July 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Scientific
HOW
PUBLISHED Handbook
WHERE
PUBLISHED Belgrade
DATE
PUBLISHED 1952
LANGUAGE Croatian
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SECURITY.INFOR4IATION
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DATE DIST. a ~' Jul 1953
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REPORT NO.
SOURCE Informativni prirucnik o Jugoslavs i, Book 2, Sec 4-6, 1952?
~he following report is based on an article in InPormativni
prirucnik o JugoslaviJl (InPormaticn Handbook on Yugoslavia),
which has been issued in aPrtloas since late 1948 by the Yugoslav
Directorate for Information
The Piret seismological study in Yugoslavia vas mtde by J. M. ZuJovic,
professor of geology in the Advanced School, on the des.ructive earthquake is
Resava in 1893? He organized a systematic collection of data on the earthquake,
went into the field with a team of experts, and published a report of his study.
Seismological service in Yugoslavia began to diminish is the last years oP the
.19th century. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, when destructive
earthquakes occurred is the vicinity of Vrea,je in 1904, in PodrlnJe in 1905,
and in Radjevina in 1906, Dr Svetolik M. Radovanovic, professor oP geology,
renewed seismological service in Serbia. In 1906, the Faculty of Philosophy
assignee. him the teak of organizing a new seismological service in Serbia.
Consequently, in the same year, the Seismological Section of the Geology Insti-
tute of Aelgrade University vas founded and began seismological studies of the
surrounding area. The best seismological instruments were obtained, and a
modern building vas erected in Belgrade.
The development of the International Seismological Association and the
extent of Serbian aeiemological investigations led to the development of the
Seismological Section into the Seismological Institute of Belgrade University.
Immediately after its founding, work was begun on a seismological catalog of
all earthquakes that have occurred in Yugoslavia. In the fall of 190, the
First International Seismology Congress vas held in The Hague, and vas attended
by representatives of the Seismological Institute. The congress published the
chief functions of the Yugoslav aeiemological service ae follows:
1. Isolate individual epicentral areas and study and establish their
seismological characteristics in Yugonlavis.
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2. fistablieh the active seismological zones (faults) in Yugoslavia.
3. Tie in the results obtained to the geological nature of the terrain and
app]y them practically.
After Word War I, seismological work was considerably expanded, but,
because of insufficient staff, evaluation of collected data lagged more and more.
When the International Seismological Congress was held in Stockholm is 1930,
several seismological studies on Yugoslavia and other parts of the Balkan Peaia-
suls were submitted to the congress. This moved the congress to request the .,
Yugoslav government to place the necessary personnel at the disposal of the
Seismological Institute in Belgrade for the purpose of continuing such work on
Yugoslavia and the Ballsan Peninsula. It vas 5 years before the institute
finally had the required personnel, and the Seismological Institute of the lSinis-
try of Education was established.
During tsis time and aftervard, a number of special studies and monographd
vets prepared, most of which were published in publications of the Serbian
Academy oP Sciences and other establishments. The most modern seismological
instruments have been in operation codinuous~+ since the founding of the institute;
during the war, work was confined to the operation of the instruments and
arranging the data collected, while all work in the field stepped.
From the liberation until today, the work of the Seismological Institute
has been mainly concentrated on Serbia. With the exception of Croatia, no
seismological work has been done in the other republics. Thus there has been a
break in the continuity of the macroseismic study of Yugoslav territory.
The Five-Year Plan called for restoring seismological service throughout
Yugoslavia, and fcr the erection of seismological stations in L~ubl,jana, Sarajevo,
Skopl~e, and Titograd, the work of which would be 3irected by the institute in
Belgrade. The Yugoslav Seismological Service was established in July 1948.
The Yugoslav Seismological Inat=tuts was proclaimed of general state importance,
sad in January 1951 was put under the ,jurisdiction of Serbia.
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