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Undersea telecom cables can be used as earthquake monitoring networks: StudyThe researchers, including those from the University of California (UC) Berkeley in the US, recorded a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, and seismi...
29 Nov, 2019, 11.07 AM IST
China looks at an Indian to save itself from natural disastersGeophysicist Paramesh Banerjee will be the first Indian to head a Chinese scientific institution though many Indians scientists already wor...
09 Jul, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
New water mapping, oil extraction techniques by NGRICSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) Hyderabad is working on the new technology called Transient Heliborne electro-magnetic ...
15 Nov, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
ISR to set up 50 new seismic stations for earthquake analysisThese new seismic stations will have two major components-- Strong Motion Accelerograph (SMA) and another is Broadband Seismometer (BBS), s...
01 Feb, 2016, 09.59 AM IST
Predicting earthquakes is very much a work in progressAfter the dust settles on the tragedy, the current Nepal earthquake will provide an opportunity to advance our understanding of earthquake ...
02 May, 2015, 05.11 AM IST
Nepal earthquake: How defunct seismological instruments could make India payThe instruments were supposed to collect data for analysis by seismologists on the motion of the earth’s tectonic plates, which leads to ea...
30 Apr, 2015, 08.53 AM IST
India lost chance to record shocks as project to collect data for analysis lose fundingThe ministry of earth sciences, in collaboration with IIT-Roorkee, had decided to install 294 strong motion accelerographs in the north, no...
30 Apr, 2015, 06.42 AM IST
Quake wake-up call for government; need better building technology: ExpertHe stressed on the need for advancements in construction technology so that buildings may be designed to withstand the impact of such natur...
26 Apr, 2015, 12.14 AM IST