AMMAN —
The
Jordan Seismological Observatory has installed a new earthquake monitoring
station near the Wadi Arab Dam in the north of the Kingdom, the Jordan News
Agency, Petra, reported.
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Head of the
observatory, Ghassan Sweidan, said the new station houses two types of
seismometers and a strong motion seismograph for measuring earthquake displacement
and acceleration.
The new station is
the 23rd of the total seismic monitoring stations operating in Jordan and
distributed to strategic facilities such as dams, power plants, major city
centers, and locations of seismic activity in the Kingdom.
The observatory is
the only official body in Jordan authorized to monitor seismic activity,
analyze local and regional earthquakes and archive seismic data to build a data
base as a reference for official bodies.
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