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Lands Minister provides Ghana Geological Survey Authority with modern earthquake monitoring network
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The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has equipped the Ghana Geological Survey Authority GGSA with twenty-one new seismic network stations across southern Ghana. This initiative aims to enhance the national seismic network for monitoring and evaluating disasters, particularly earthquakes. The Minister stated that the replacement of the national seismic networks will enable the Authority to detect earthquakes quickly and accurately, determine their location, depth, and magnitude, and monitor seismic activity to identify earthquake-prone areas. This data will support disaster preparedness and response, and aid research on the Earth's crust and tectonic movements. The Authority can now assist the government and emergency agencies in developing early warning and risk mitigation measures. Officials from the GGSA, including Director-General Dr. Prosper Akaba, expressed that the previous seismic network, installed in 2012, had become outdated, rendering the Authority unable to effectively monitor activities. The new stations, installed by Nanometrics Inc. Canada, will allow the Authority to provide timely reports on earthquake-prone areas, advise the government, and carry out disaster risk management building code formulation. Two engineers from Nanometrics Inc. Canada, Tarun Philip and Iain Avis, confirmed the completion of the installation, which is expected to be commissioned soon. The GGSA is a state agency under Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Na
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