Our citizen seismology project in Haiti is based on the idea that seismic networks are not only made up of sensors but also of the people who gravitate around them, in particular the people who host the seismometers and the researchers who use the data, but also ultimately the general public, in particular the communities that surround the seismometer hosts.
Here are some of Haiti’s seismo-citizens, the dedicated volunteers who hosts seismometers. Their enthusiasm and genuine will to contribute to a project for the good of their country is amazing!
The low-cost, citizen-hosted seismological stations in Haiti as of March 30, 2023 are shown on the map below with red symbols. Yellow symbols indicate the conventional broad-band seismological stations operated by the Bureau of Mines and Energy.
Our effort also relies on scientists, in seismology and in sociology. This interdisciplinary approach is an innovative aspect of our project. The photograph to the right shows Prof. Steeve Symithe, from the State University of Haiti, URGéo Laboratory, in the process of installing a low-cost RaspberryShake seismometer. The seismometer is the small box to which Prof. Symithe is pointing to with his right hand.
Haiti’s Raspberry Shake seismometer citizen hosts:
Ann Hauge: Pacot, Port-au-Prince
Ann Hauge: port de St Louis du Sud
Amos Noel: ISTEAH, Milot
Ascencio Paul: Limonade
We made a video of the installation of the Raspberry Shake at Ascencio’s place in Limonade. Click here to watch it!
Bette Gebrian: Jérémie
Brian Oaks: Port-à-Piment
Dr Max Noel: Fort Liberté
Gefthe Devilme: Anse-à-Veau
Jean-Bernard Simonnet: Cormier Plage
Boukan Ginguette: Môle St Nicolas
Hotel Aldy: Aquin
Luc Désiré : Petit-Trou-de-Nippes
Marie Carmel Beaulieu: Jacmel
Neat Achille: ISPAN, Cap Haitien
Neil Van Dine: Pignon
Nicole Jean-Mary: Hinche
Père Emmanuel Volcy: Petite Rivière des Nippes
Père Gerard Dormeville: Gonaives
Pierre Guild Mezile: Jérémie
Renaud Bury: Les Cayes
Rommel Abellard: Ouanaminthe
Tony Marcelli: Cap Haitien
Eric Calais: Pétionville
Our RaspberryShake seismometer institutional hosts:
Gérard Métayer: SEMANAH/CODOMAR, Torcel and Jérémie
Steeve Symithe: Faculté des Sciences / URGéo, Delmas, Port-au-Prince
The research institutions involved:
Géoazur, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, OCA
LAM, Sciences Po Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux, France
PRODIG, Université paris 1, CNRS, Paris, France
Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center, Arpajon, France
URGéo, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’État d’Haïti
Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université d’État d’Haïti
École Supérieure d’Infotronique, Haïti
Bureau des Mines et de l’Énergie, Haïti
Collège Catts Pressoir, Port-au-Prince, Haïti