The Institute of Geophysics is implementing a project to upgrade an earthquake observation network

Hanoi (VNA) – 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
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