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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state in our country is going to have building Building which early Earthquake Warning and Security system
A
Rajasthan
B
Punjab
C
Haryana
D
Bihar
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority funded the project. Seismic Early Warning (EEW), a real-time earthquake information system that can detect the onset of an earthquake, is used in the application. It can send out warnings before major tremors hit a certain location.

Detailed explanation-2: -This app has been developed by Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority and Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. This application uses Earthquake Early Warning (EEW), a real-time earthquake information system, which can detect the onset of an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-3: -Earthquake Early Warning systems are operational in several countries around the world, including Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Romania, China, Italy, and Taiwan. All of these systems rapidly detect earthquakes and track their evolution to provide warnings of pending ground shaking.

Detailed explanation-4: -Earthquake early-warning system (EEWS) uses modern communication infrastructure and real-time seismology to estimate the size of the earthquake and gives warning to target cities well before arrival of damaging waves.

Detailed explanation-5: -The chief minister of Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami.

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