New
Chile's Seismological Center
be operational within 18 months.
Source: REUNA Thursday May 27, 2010
anticipate that international tender for the purchase of equipment will open next week.
Source: REUNA Thursday May 27, 2010
anticipate that international tender for the purchase of equipment will open next week.
The new infrastructure will allow the network led by the University of Chile report instantly on the epicenter, magnitude and rupture area to a larger seismic event at 4.7 degrees, as well as a timely alert the danger of a tsunami.
"is the first time that the state invests in seismology since 1908 when he founded the National Seismological Service, after the 1906 earthquake, with these words the Director of the Seismological Service of the U. of Chile, Sergio Barrientos referred to the Bicentennial Project "National Earthquake Center, funded by the Ministry of Interior, which will modernize the system current in the framework of the Meeting of Scientific Journalism, organized by ACHIPEC.
project by a select group of specialists, scientists and technicians of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Chile, will have a network of instruments with national coverage for a proper and timely identification of risk in an earthquake. This network infrastructure provides for a total of 65 broad band seismic stations, 140 stations, global positioning system (GPS) and 300 accelerographs evenly distributed surface areas that have created the great earthquakes in Chile (from the Peninsula to Taitao the north and the Rift region of Magallanes).
Once the bidding process, which will open in the coming days and that includes defining the acquisition and installation of sophisticated equipment, is projected to be operational by the seismic network by 60% in late 2011. The delay was explained that the high precision equipment to be manufactured specially and few companies worldwide that offer this service.
In the center of this network, located on the campus of the U. Beauchef de Chile in Santiago, will be installed automated systems, which respond immediately when the sensors begin to receive signals from an earthquake. Thus, in about 5 minutes you could make known the epicenter and advise the ONEMI against possible dangers and consequences associated with the seismicity recorded.
to Dr. Sergio Barrientos is essential to turn this project into a state policy that along with ensuring their maintenance in time encourage the training of new specialists in the field and encourage the development of new lines of research.
Currently only Catholic universities of the North (UCN), Chile (UChile) and Concepción (UdeC) have experts in the seismic area, and due to this shortage of skilled professionals, says Barrientos, during the first two years of implementation of the network will require support from foreign professionals, a fact that in his opinion stands as a challenge to start early professional training excellence.
Dr. Barnett noted that Chile leads the ranking of seismic energy release, estimated that in the last century through the national territory is liberated 25% of world energy, which makes it essential to have a seismic network established.
"is the first time that the state invests in seismology since 1908 when he founded the National Seismological Service, after the 1906 earthquake, with these words the Director of the Seismological Service of the U. of Chile, Sergio Barrientos referred to the Bicentennial Project "National Earthquake Center, funded by the Ministry of Interior, which will modernize the system current in the framework of the Meeting of Scientific Journalism, organized by ACHIPEC.
project by a select group of specialists, scientists and technicians of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Chile, will have a network of instruments with national coverage for a proper and timely identification of risk in an earthquake. This network infrastructure provides for a total of 65 broad band seismic stations, 140 stations, global positioning system (GPS) and 300 accelerographs evenly distributed surface areas that have created the great earthquakes in Chile (from the Peninsula to Taitao the north and the Rift region of Magallanes).
Once the bidding process, which will open in the coming days and that includes defining the acquisition and installation of sophisticated equipment, is projected to be operational by the seismic network by 60% in late 2011. The delay was explained that the high precision equipment to be manufactured specially and few companies worldwide that offer this service.
In the center of this network, located on the campus of the U. Beauchef de Chile in Santiago, will be installed automated systems, which respond immediately when the sensors begin to receive signals from an earthquake. Thus, in about 5 minutes you could make known the epicenter and advise the ONEMI against possible dangers and consequences associated with the seismicity recorded.
to Dr. Sergio Barrientos is essential to turn this project into a state policy that along with ensuring their maintenance in time encourage the training of new specialists in the field and encourage the development of new lines of research.
Currently only Catholic universities of the North (UCN), Chile (UChile) and Concepción (UdeC) have experts in the seismic area, and due to this shortage of skilled professionals, says Barrientos, during the first two years of implementation of the network will require support from foreign professionals, a fact that in his opinion stands as a challenge to start early professional training excellence.
Dr. Barnett noted that Chile leads the ranking of seismic energy release, estimated that in the last century through the national territory is liberated 25% of world energy, which makes it essential to have a seismic network established.
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