Around the Indian Ocean 26 countries now have a tsunami early-warning system. It makes use of 25 new seismographic stations linked in real time to analysis centres, and three deep-ocean sensors, which consist of a seafloor-pressure recording device linked to a surface buoy. The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization is also contributing data from its seismographic stations.
Koichiro Matsuura, the director-general of UNESCO, made the announcement to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission at their headquarters in Paris, France, on 29 June. The system “will be capable of improved and faster detection of strong, tsunamigenic earthquakes”, Matsuura said, but…
