India to Add 100 More Earthquake Observatories by 2026

• Union Minister for Earth Sciences mentioned that India is going to have 35 more earthquake Observatories by end of this year.
• The announcement was done at the Joint Scientific Assembly of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)–International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI).
• Indian subcontinent is considered as one of the world’s most disaster-prone areas in world.

International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)

• It is one of the eight Associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
• It is a non-governmental body funded through the subscriptions paid to IUGG by its Member Countries.
• IAGA is concerned with the understanding and knowledge that result from studies of the magnetic and electrical properties of:

1. Earth's core, mantle and crust
2. Middle and upper atmosphere
3. Ionosphere and the magnetosphere
4. Sun, the solar wind, the planets and interplanetary bodies

International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI)

• It is one of the eight Associations that comprise the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
• IASPEI's' structure and its many scientific activities are categorised by the following themes:

1. Earth Structure and Geodynamics
2. Earthquake Generation Process – Physics, Modelling and Monitoring for Forecast
3. Earthquake Hazard, Risk and Strong Ground Motion
4. Earthquake Source Mechanics
5. Education and Outreach
6. Heatflow
7. Seismological Observation and Interpretation
8. Tectonophysics and Crustal Structure