Seismometers installed to monitor quakes at Rohtak

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 25

In the wake of recently increased seismic activity indicated by the spate of earthquakes in Rohtak district, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), Ministry of Earth Sciences, has decided to instal seismometers for carrying out micro earthquake (MEQ) survey in the district.

Rohtak District Revenue Officer (DRO) Poonam Babbar, who also heads the local Disaster Management wing, disclosed that two seismometers had been installed at the Rohtak mini-secretariat and at Karontha village in the district to record the seismic waves in the form of digital waveforms to find out the intensity of earthquakes.

It may be pertinent to mention here that Rohtak has witnessed as many as 10 earthquakes in the last few weeks.

“As per the official data, Rohtak district has had 206 earthquakes since 1969, of which 10 have taken place very recently,” said Saurabh Dhiman, District Project Officer (Disaster Management).

As per an official statement, the equipment installed in Rohtak comprise portable seismometers especially designed for micro earthquake (MEQ) survey used by National Centre for Seismology for collecting data of earthquakes.

If an earthquake is detected, the event is analysed by the duty officer and passed to the authorities concerned for taking necessary action for mitigation of disaster.

The event data is also published on NCS website seismo.gov.in, mobile app RISEQ and social networking pages of the centre for public information. The data is also archived for research purpose as well.