Lok Sabha Question No. 2571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Seismological Observatories
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2571

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 03, 2018

## SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES

## 2571.  SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  seismological  observatories  in  the  country,  Statewise;
- (b) whether 31 new seismological observatories are expected to come up  in  the  country  by  the  end  of  the  year  to  boost  information gathering capabilities;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the advance technological observatories are likely to give precise  readings  in  terms  of  location  and  timing  of  earthquakes;
- and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government to set up more such observatories?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) National Centre of Seismology (NCS) maintains a National Seismological Network (NSN) of 84 seismological observatories. Its
- state-wise location is in Annexure-I.
- (b-c)  Yes Madam.  A project of setting up a total of 32 new seismological observatories  is  under  implementation  process  and  likely  to  be completed by end of FY 2017-18. A list of these observatories is in
- Annexure-II.
- (d-e)  Yes Madam. The estimate of epicenter parameters and magnitude of earthquake events shall be more precise with increase in number of seismological records by establishing more observatories.

After installation of 32 new observatories, the strength of National seismological  Network  (NSN)  shall  be  assessed  and  accordingly plan for setting of new observatories in gap area shall be planned.

## LIST OF SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES OPERATED BY NATIONAL

## CENTRE OF SEISMOLOGY (NCS)

|   S.No. | Name of Station      | State to which belongs   |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Allahabad            | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       2 | Asaura               | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       3 | Bisrakh              | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       4 | Bahraich             | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       5 | Bahraich             | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       6 | Jhansi               | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       7 | Meerut               | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       8 | Varanasi             | Uttar Pradesh            |
|       9 | Agra                 | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      10 | Thakurdwara          | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      11 | Unchagaon            | Uttar Pradesh            |
|      12 | Lohaghat             | Uttarakhand              |
|      13 | Pithoragarh          | Uttarakhand              |
|      14 | Dehradun             | Uttarakhand              |
|      15 | Joshimath            | Uttarakhand              |
|      16 | Akola                | Maharashtra              |
|      17 | karad                | Maharashtra              |
|      18 | latur                | Maharashtra              |
|      19 | Mumbai               | Maharashtra              |
|      20 | Pune                 | Maharashtra              |
|      21 | Nagpur               | Maharashtra              |
|      22 | Ajmer                | Rajasthan                |
|      23 | Jaisalmer            | Rajasthan                |
|      24 | Khetri               | Rajasthan                |
|      25 | Bhavnagar            | Gujarat                  |
|      26 | Bhuj                 | Gujarat                  |
|      27 | Ayanagar             | Delhi                    |
|      28 | Lodi Road, New Delhi | Delhi                    |
|      29 | Ridge, Delhi         | Delhi                    |
|      30 | Bhubaneswar          | Odisha                   |
|      31 | Rayagada             | Odisha                   |
|      32 | Jharsuguda           | Odisha                   |
|      33 | Bhakra               | Himachal Pradesh         |
|      34 | Kalpa                | Himachal Pradesh         |
|      35 | Shimla               | Himachal Pradesh         |
|      36 | Dharamsala           | Himachal Pradesh         |
|      37 | Bilaspur             | Chhattisgarh             |
|      38 | Rohtak               | Haryana                  |
|      39 | Sohna                | Haryana                  |
|      40 | Kundal               | Haryana                  |

|   41 | Kurukshetra        | Haryana           |
|------|--------------------|-------------------|
|   42 | Bahadurgarh        | Haryana           |
|   43 | Kodaikanal         | Tamil Nadu        |
|   44 | Chennai            | Tamil Nadu        |
|   45 | Salem              | Tamil Nadu        |
|   46 | Jorhat             | Assam             |
|   47 | Guwahati           | Assam             |
|   48 | Dibrugarh          | Assam             |
|   49 | Tezpur             | Assam             |
|   50 | Silchar            | Assam             |
|   51 | Lekhapani          | Assam             |
|   52 | Dhubri             | Assam             |
|   53 | Kolkata            | West Bengal       |
|   54 | Siliguri           | West Bengal       |
|   55 | Jammu              | Jammu & Kashmir   |
|   56 | Srinagar           | Jammu & Kashmir   |
|   57 | Mangalore          | Karnataka         |
|   58 | Port Blair         | Andaman & Nicobar |
|   59 | Diglipur           | Andaman & Nicobar |
|   60 | Campbell Bay       | Andaman & Nicobar |
|   61 | Bokaro Thermal     | Jharkhand         |
|   62 | Sahibganj          | Jharkhand         |
|   63 | Thein Dam          | Punjab            |
|   64 | Vijayawada         | Andhra Pradesh    |
|   55 | Visakhapatnam      | Andhra Pradesh    |
|   66 | Valmiki Nagar      | Bihar             |
|   67 | Goa                | Goa               |
|   68 | Hyderabad          | Telangana         |
|   69 | Agartala           | Tripura           |
|   70 | Belonia            | Tripura           |
|   71 | Gangtok            | Sikkim            |
|   72 | Kohima             | Nagaland          |
|   73 | Imphal             | Manipur           |
|   74 | Aizawal            | Mizoram           |
|   75 | Saiha              | Mizoram           |
|   76 | Tawang             | Arunachal Pradesh |
|   77 | Pasighat           | Arunachal Pradesh |
|   78 | Itanagar           | Arunachal Pradesh |
|   79 | Ziro               | Arunachal Pradesh |
|   80 | Minicoy            | Lakshadweep       |
|   81 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala            |
|   82 | Shillong           | Meghalaya         |
|   83 | Bhopal             | Madhya Pradesh    |
|   84 | Shillong           | Meghalaya         |

## PROPOSED SITES (NEW) OF SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES

|   S.No | Name of the Station   | State             |
|--------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Talwara               | Punjab            |
|      2 | Sriganganagar         | Rajasthan         |
|      3 | Udaipur               | Rajasthan         |
|      4 | Leh                   | J&K               |
|      5 | Hanley                | J&K               |
|      6 | Sunder Nagar          | Himanchal Pradesh |
|      7 | Tisa                  | Himanchal Pradesh |
|      8 | Chandigarh            | U.T               |
|      9 | Ganaur                | Haryana           |
|     10 | Lodi Road             | New Delhi         |
|     11 | NPL                   | Delhi             |
|     12 | Jhajjar               | Haryana           |
|     13 | Palwal                | Haryana           |
|     14 | Jamia University      | Delhi             |
|     15 | Narela                | Delhi             |
|     16 | Najafgarh             | Delhi             |
|     17 | Manesar               | Haryana           |
|     18 | Uttarkashi            | Uttrakhand        |
|     19 | Lucknow               | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     20 | FarukhabadSadar       | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     21 | Gorakhpur             | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     22 | Banda                 | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     23 | Basti                 | Uttar Pradesh     |
|     24 | Narmdanagar           | Madhya Pradesh    |
|     25 | Guna                  | Madhya Pradesh    |
|     26 | Gaya                  | Bihar             |
|     27 | Jamui                 | Bihar             |
|     28 | Sitamarhi             | Bihar             |
|     29 | Jogbani               | Bihar             |
|     30 | Coochbehar            | West Bengal       |
|     31 | Kanker                | Chattisgarh       |
|     32 | Khunti                | Jharkhand         |