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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