Center for Earthquake Studies

The Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES) (Urdu: دانشگاہ برائے تحقیق و مطالعہِ زلزالیات‎) is a federally funded research institute and national laboratory dedicated to the advancement in understanding of natural vibration, seismology, and yield-based energy measurement of seismic waves.

Center for Earthquake Studies
دانشگاہ برائے تحقیق و مطالعہِ زلزالیات
Established8 October 2005 (2005-10-08)
Research typeScientific research and education on natural vibration and seismology
BudgetFederally funded
Field of research
Fundamental science
(Geophysics, supercomputing, geoscience)
DirectorProf. Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah
Emeritus scientist
Ahsan Mubarak
Qasim Jan
LocationIslamabad, Pakistan
Operating agency
Quaid-e-Azam University
Websitewww.ncp.edu/ces.php

The CES was established through federal funding as a direct response to the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake in order to understand earthquakes and provide scientific prediction of quakes to improve earthquake preparedness. The CES is the only national site in Pakistan working on earthquake precursors.[1][2]

The national laboratory is headquartered in the campus area of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) and conducts mathematical research in earth sciences, in close coordination with the NCP.[2]

History

The national site was founded by the Government of Pakistan on the advice of the science adviser Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad.[3] The establishment of the national site came in response to Pakistans' deadliest earthquake, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005.[4] Initially created as the Earthquake Studies Department at the National Center for Physics, it gained independence shortly after its establishment. The CES undertakes research studies in the development of expertise in anomalous geophysical phenomenon prior to seismic activity. The CES primarily produces its research outcomes by using computer simulation and mathematical modelling to interpret seismic activity and give earthquake predictions.[2]

The CES's campus also includes the various ATROPATENA stations network, and supports its research and development with close collaboration with the Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes.[5] Its first and founding director was Dr. Ahsan Mubarak who is still designated as the CES's senior scientist.[4] Currently, Dr. Muhammad Qaisar is the CES's current administrator.

Galleries
  • International Station for the Forecasting of Earthquakes ATROPATENA-PK (Pakistan)
  • Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad, Dr. Elchin Khalilov and Dr. M. Qasim Jan are meeting the at CES on February, 2009.

See also

Notes
  1. "Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES)". www.ncp.edu.pk. Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. Center for Earthquake Studies. "Center for Earthquake Studies". Center for Earthquake Studies.
  3. IAS. "Dr. Professor Ishfaq Ahmad". Islamic Academy of Sciences. Islamic Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. Staff report. "Timely prediction can reduce quake devastation". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. GNFE. "International Station for the Forecasting of Earthquakes ATROPATENA-PK, Pakistan, Islamabad". Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes. Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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