Prediction System for Earthquakes

Prediction System for Earthquakes

Posted On: 15 SEP 2020 6:55PM by PIB Delhi

National Centre for Seismology (NCS) maintains a National SeismologicalNetwork (NSN) to detect and locate earthquakes in and around the country. A total of 413earthquakes have been recorded by NSN during 01st March, 2020 to 08th September, 2020.

Magnitude level	No. of Earthquakes reported by NCS	Category	Effects
<3.0	135	Recordedby seismograph	Usually not felt
3.0-3.9	153	Minor	Felt b¿ man} people; nc damage
4.0-4.9	114	Light	Felt in lai ge area: minor breakage ot objects
5.0-5.7	11	Moderate	Some damage to wcak structui cs

At present, there is no proven scientific technique available, anywhere in the world, to predicttheoccurrenceoftheearthquakeswithreasonabledegreeofaccuracywithrespect to location, time of occurrence and magnitude. The current scientific knowledge about earthquake processes, which is a very complex phenomena, is not matured to the level of prediction.

This information was given by Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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