India to Commission 35 New Seismological Observatories

On 23rd July, 2021, the Ministry of Earth Sciences informed that the National Center for Seismology (NCS) will commission 35 new stations by December, taking the strength of seismological network to 150.

  • The first seismological observatory of the country was established at Alipore (Calcutta) on 1st December, 1898 after the great Shillong plateau earthquake of 1897.
  • The NCS, functioning under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is the nodal agency for monitoring and to study earthquakes in and around the country. It maintains a National Seismological Network (NSN) comprising 115 observatories spread across the country.
  • The network is capable of recording ....
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