Government to set up 31 observatories to monitor earthquakes
The Ministry of Earth Sciences said that 31 new seismological observatories would be set up in India by the year-end to boost earthquake information gathering capability. The goal is to reduce the time taken to give details of an earthquake from 5 to 3-4 minutes, the ministry added. Notably, the National Seismological Network currently comprises 84 laboratories across the country.