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Gujarat gets software to detect earthquakes | The Seismological Research Institute ( SRI ), Gandhinagar, has acquired a German-based software that will enable geologists to detect and track trends below the surface of the earth. With the aid of this
software, this institute is now equipped with an early warning mechanism to detect
probable earthquake. The SRI was set up in to detect the movements under the ground
since this region is prone to frequent tremors, the most horrifying earthquake
being that of 2001. It monitors the entire state with regular inputs from 38 Geo-Seismological
centres. 11 of these have been installed with latest systems to analyse. "Manual
location of the epicentre of earthquake takes around ten minutes. Now, we have
a plan of auto-location programme by which we can find out the magnitude and epicentre
in 10 seconds. If a damaging earthquake initiates in Kutch region, it takes around
40 seconds for the damaging tremors to reach Gujarat," said Dr. B.K. Rastogi ,
Director General, Institute of Seismological Research , Gandhinagar. The network
of permanent seismological observatories project digital broadband seismographs.
The seismic data from these observatories are downloaded at Gandhinagar via VSAT
. The seismic activity is monitored round the clock. The details of any regional
earthquake are reported within few minutes. In addition to this, a network of
40 Strong Motion Accelerographs (SMA) is also established to record strong ground
motions. Kutch area acts as an ideal case study for SRI since frequent long distance
tremors occur in this region. |
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