ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, November 2nd, 2012 -- The Virgin Islands (VI) will soon have a system in place that will be able to record, evaluate and analyse data from all strong motion seismic stations located throughout the Territory.
A team of four engineers are currently in the Territory setting up a system that will link all the strong motion sensors that are placed throughout the Virgin Islands. The system will be housed at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and will be linked to the network at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez through the Puerto Rico Strong Motion Programme (PRSMP).
Dr. Jose Martinez Cruzado, Dr. Carlos Huerta, Erick Santana Torres and Jaffet Martinez Pagan, members of the PRSMP, have spent the last week carrying out maintenance on the sites and linking all sites to one unit at the DDM. This will allow the DDM and the University to access real time data during any seismic event that might occur in the Territory.
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