Technologies
Title: | Earthquake Warning System EqWS |
Area: | Engineering Sciences |
Focus Area: | Earthquake Warning |
Social Benefits: | EqWS developed may be utilized to safeguard vital installations such as Refineries, Nuclear establishments, Power Plants, Metro High Speed Railway, Airports, Hospitals etc. by stopping/initiating the emergency facilities as per requirement, These vital infrastructures are strategically placed at geographically distributed places posing natural threat due to seismic activities. The technological solutions to handle such situations are site - specific and need to be devised locally. Porting of available global solutions would not meet the requirement which largely need customization. |
Developing Agency: | CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh |
Technology Readiness Index: | Technology Demonstration |
Email: | director@csio.res.in |
| Website Link : | http://www.csio.res.in |
| Source (more info) : | https://t.ly/l_sb |
Brief Description
Description : | The system is devised for regional notification of a substantial earthquake during impending by installing a plurality of seismic sensing nodes (SSN) consisting of seismic sensors, capable of detecting local and regional seismic events. The multiplicity of such nodes ensures elimination of man- made activities at local level. SSNs are strategically located to gather information about seismic activity and communicate to a Central Control Unit (CCU) regarding potential earthquake incidence. Central control provides a final decision based on the response of all the individual SSN and generates an audio visual alarm and sends the event details via email and SMS to the concerned. |