Research on earthquakes: ICTP moots network of scientists

Hyderabad, Oct 23 (UNI) The Italy-based Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is forming a network of scientists from Iran to Indonesia to study the formation of earthquakes and build capacities to respond to calamities caused by earthquake, ICTP Director K R Sreenivasan said today.

Mr Sreenivasan, who was here in connection with a collaborative programme with the Central University of Hyderabad, said the network would have scientists from the National Geophysical Research in India and National Aeronautics Laboratory.

The first meeting of the newly formed network of scientists would be held in Italy next month.

The primary task of the network covering Pakistan, Nepal and Malaysia among other countries, was to record the seismic activity and build capacities to respond to calamities, he said, adding that the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics operated under a tripartite agreement between the Government of Italy, two UN agencies-United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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