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Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Jitendra Singh said this while inaugurating a Seismological Observatory at Udhampur in J&K, an initiative of the National Centre of Seismology, Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences Dr. M Ravichandran was also present during the inauguration.

Detailed explanation-2: -It evaluates the collected digital data sets and makes the results available through scientific exchange. The Central Seismological Observatory of BGR also operates a data centre for the observation and scientific processing of seismological events.

Detailed explanation-3: -Towards meeting the above stated objectives, IMD maintains a seismological network, consisting of a total of 82 observatories, spread over the entire length and breadth of the country (Figure 1 and Table 1).

Detailed explanation-4: -The seismological observatory was founded in early 1970s to cater for the recording of earthquake signals in the Ganga foredeep.