NATIONAL CENTER FOR SEISMOLOGY

National Center for Seismology (NCS) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring earthquake activity in the country. NCS maintains the National Seismological Network of 160 stations each having state of art equipment and spreading all across the country.NCS monitors earthquake activity all across the country through its 24x7 around-the-clock monitoring center. NCS also monitors earthquake swarm and aftershock by deploying a temporary observatory close to the affected region... NCS provides earthquake data and seismicity reports of specific regions to various user agencies such as, insurance companies, industrial units, power houses, river valley projects etc. on payment basis. Seismological data and earthquake related information is also supplied to agencies dealing with relief

Also known as: National Center, NCS