Asia-Pacific E-Resilience Toolkit Tool
Network of Environment Monitoring Stations
This Network of Environment Monitoring Stations monitors seismic activity and, depending on the location of the earthquake, may be used to give 10-15 second warnings before earthquakes reach certain locations. The database also provides a list of all important infrastructure, and together with real-time monitoring of seismic activity can aid in disaster response, assessment and coordination.
The network is operated by the Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geoscience (CAIAG), a multidisciplinary institute comprising most of the geoscientific disciplines like geology, glaciology, hydrology, limnology, climatology, geophysics, geodesy and remote sensing. CAIAG operates dedicated monitoring networks for seismology and geodesy, a network of hydro-meteorological monitoring stations and high mountain glacier observatories.
