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This paper highlights the results of the assessment of operational risks related to the components of the dangerous goods transport chain. Due to the fact that multiple parties are involved in handling and transport procedures, numerous different risks may arise during activities involving dangerous goods. By identifying and assessing risks, the most critical ones are identified and evaluated according to the potential damage they may cause to the entire transport chain. The results of the risk assessment in the t...

Urban areas built above salt deposits are especially vulnerable to ground instability caused by dissolution, suffosion, and human activities. Monitoring these environments is difficult due to the complex subsurface structures and dense infrastructure constraints. Understanding the dynamics of these processes requires combining multiple investigation and monitoring methods to capture both underground conditions and surface movements. This paper shares initial findings from an ongoing multi-method monitoring project...

The road transport of dangerous goods may have severe consequences in the event of an accident. The consequences of a road accident involving a heavy vehicle transporting dangerous goods can affect not only the truck driver but also the nearby population. Route selection is a complex issue, influenced by multiple parameters that may vary over the course of a day, a week, or a month. The ultimate objective is to enhance safety through the complete digitalization of the risk management process for the transport of d...

Crowdsourced macroseismic data provide an important complement to instrumental earthquake catalogues, especially where the spatial distribution of felt effects is influenced by population density, local site conditions and building vulnerability. This study presents a preliminary intensity-distance attenuation analysis based on EMSC crowdsourced macroseismic reports for Albania and nearby border areas during 2012-2026. The compiled database contains 694 earthquakes and 212,140 corrected macroseismic intensity poin...

This study examines the thermal control of the lower boundary of seismicity in the Lena Delta, eastern Russian Arctic, using the depth distribution of local earthquakes recorded by temporary seismic networks in 2016–2018 together with temperature–depth curves derived from crustal heat-flow modeling. This study contributes by comparing the observed lower cutoff of local seismicity with modeled crustal temperatures, thereby adding a seismological constraint to previous seismic, thermal, and magnetic interpretati...

The geomagnetic field varies in time and space, being a signal composed of periodic and non-periodic elements and is monitored in a triaxial system at observatories around the world. Based on data from INTERMAGNET observatories, we analyze the strongest storm of 2026, which occurred during January 19-21. The methodology used is spectral evaluation (Fourier, wavelet, signal decomposition into approximations and details with various functions on different levels, etc.). The wavelet technique allowed us to analyze th...

This study focuses on the assessment and monitoring of the stress-strain state (SSS) of rock masses under conditions of increasing open-pit mining depth. It examines the influence of natural stresses on the stability of rock formations and the consequences of their disturbance during mining operations, including the risks of deformation and collapse. Particular attention is given to modern geomechanical monitoring methods, which include both direct and indirect (geophysical) approaches, as well as the use of compu...

The seismicity of Albania is primarily driven by the collision between the Adria microplate and the Albanian orogen. The Ionian fault zone, located in southwestern Albania, is characterized by NW-SE trending neotectonic thrust faults with oblique components. These faults are predominantly marked by NW extension and include pre-Pliocene overthrust faults subjected to pure compressive stress. Occasionally, these overthrust faults are intersected by NE-SW-oriented thrust faults. The Ionian overthrust fault zone exten...

The orogeny in Albania and its surrounding, in collision with Adria microplate is divided in two domains of a different present-day tectonic regimes: the external domain with a compressional regime and the internal domain with an extensional regime. Two main fault systems are distinguished: 1) the longitudinal fault system, trending NW-SE up to NNW-SSE, represented by thrust and reverse faults, and 2) the traversal fault system NE-SW trending represented by strike-slip. The Lushnje-Elbasan transversal fault, in th...

On January 15, 2023 (at 21:37 GMT), a moderate Ms4.8 earthquake occurred 4km southwest of the Klosi area and 24km north of Tirana. It was felt over a larger area of northern and central Albania. The earthquake sequence extended along the Nderfushas-Petralb-Gurre e Vogel tectonic fault zone, which is exposed on the ground for a length of about 25 km. The region affected by the January 2023 sequence, along with the seismogenic region of the August 11, 2018, moderate Ms5.2 earthquake, forms a roughly northeast to sou...