The Institute of Geophysics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology is implementing a project to upgrade an earthquake observation network to cover the entire country and islands.
The project aims to raise the number of seismic stations from 24 to 36 by 2012. The stations will be equipped with automatic seismographs and earthquake data will be transmitted to the institute through satellites and the Internet.
In the meantime, the institute has also collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of National Defence and other relevant agencies to build a tsunami warning system, with around 100 disaster warning towers in coastal localities and islands in Vietnam .
Since April this year, eight earthquakes measuring between 2.3-4.7 on the Richter scale have occurred in Vietnam , with the epicentre of the 4.7 magnitude earthquake located under the sea and being not strong enough to cause a tsunami.
These earthquakes were recorded by national seismic stations and data was processed by the institute./.
The project aims to raise the number of seismic stations from 24 to 36 by 2012. The stations will be equipped with automatic seismographs and earthquake data will be transmitted to the institute through satellites and the Internet.
In the meantime, the institute has also collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of National Defence and other relevant agencies to build a tsunami warning system, with around 100 disaster warning towers in coastal localities and islands in Vietnam .
Since April this year, eight earthquakes measuring between 2.3-4.7 on the Richter scale have occurred in Vietnam , with the epicentre of the 4.7 magnitude earthquake located under the sea and being not strong enough to cause a tsunami.
These earthquakes were recorded by national seismic stations and data was processed by the institute./.
