Earthquake In Chhattisgarh | 27 Apr 2024

Why in News?

Recently, a light magnitude of 2.6 earthquake hit 1.3 km away from Jagdalpur, Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. It had a very shallow depth of 5 km and was felt widely in the area.

Key Points

• National Center for Seismology (under the Ministry of Earth Sciences) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring of earthquake activity in the country.
• Currently, India has only 115 earthquake observatories.
  • The most important aspect of the Earthquake Observatory is to be able to accurately predict the time of the earthquake.