Seismology in India

  • B K RASTOGI Institute of Seismological Research, Raisan, Gandhinagar 382 009

Abstract

Recent seismological research in India can be mainly grouped into study of 1) seismogenesis and seismotectonics of the
three regions viz., Himalaya, Andaman-Nicobar subduction zone and the Stable Continental region (SCR); 2) Strong motion
study and 3) earthquake prediction. Last few years have witnessed significant change in monitoring of earthquakes through
about hundred broadband seismographs in National Network and many more in clusters whose data are brought online to
two centers at National Centre for Seismology, Delhi and INCOIS, Hyderabad. Extensive research on reservoir induced
earthquakes has culminated into “Deep Crustal Drilling” (DCD) in the Koyna-Warna region down to focal depth to
understand the nucleation and generation process of earthquakes.

Published
2017-02-09