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Angola has equipment capable of detecting the occurrence of earthquakes in the country and in other countries. other latitudes, as a result of the investment made by the Angolan Government, in the recent years. The Government has done great investments in order to provide the country with a modern National Seismic Network and with state-of-the-art equipment. According to a press release of the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INAMET), sent today to the ANGOP, as part of the modernization project of this institution, Seismic stations have been installed in various locations throughout the country.
Notes that recently, a seismic station was installed in the municipality of Caala, Huambo province, which will go live this month. It reveals that the the process of installing more seismic stations, which is expected to take place later this year. year. On the 5th of this month, there was an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale, recorded in the Seismic Stations of the National Network, with the epicenter about 142 kilometers away of the city of Mocâmedes, Namibe province. On the subject, according to With the note, some media outlets approached it as if the occurrence of the earthquake and its consequences were the responsibility and incompetence of INAMET, which does not correspond to the truth.
They claim that INAMET should Predict the occurrence of earthquakes in order to alert the authorities in a timely manner and the general population in order to allow for the evacuation of people before the occurrence of this type of phenomenon. In order to restore the veracity, INAMET clarifies, in the document, that there is no equipment or models capable of predicting the occurrence of earthquakes in a given Date and place. It informs, however, that There are models that are used to calculate the chances of an earthquake occur in a given place, and the accuracy of these models is higher in places with a history of high rates of seismic activity, which is not the case of Angola.
"Several researchers have studied a range of potential signals that may indicate the imminence of occurrence of a seismic shock, such as the growth of gas concentration radon, change in electromagnetic activity, precursor jolts signaling the arrival of a greater change or deformation of the earth's surface, changes geochemicals in water and unusual animal activities in the preceding moments a great tremor. However, while there is evidence that it may signify the arrival of of an earthquake, such signals also occur even without the arrival of an earthquake," Explains. LIN/MCN/OHA.
