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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NB/KGS/(RSQ191)
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