Surveying and setting up an earthquake monitoring station in Quang Nam

On April 9, the delegation of the Institute of Geophysics worked with the Hydropower Project Management Unit 3 and the People's Committee of Bac Tra My district, Quang Nam province, on the earthquake related to Song Tranh 2 hydropower.

Mr. Le Huy Minh, Deputy Director of the Institute of Geophysics affirmed that Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant was built in the area of ​​active fault faults, which could cause earthquakes. The vibration of the past time at Bac Tra My was determined to be an excited earthquake, the highest intensity was measured at 3.4 on the Richter scale.

Water leakage in Song Tranh hydroelectric dam 2

The cause of earthquake stimulation is because the Song Tranh 2 hydropower project activity increases the intensity of geological faults. However, the recent stimulus earthquake has not affected much on the dam body.

At the meeting, the above agencies agreed to survey some locations of earthquake monitoring stations around Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant including Tra Bui and Tra Doc communes in Bac Tra My district; Tra Mai in Nam Tra My district; Tien Hiep and Tien Ngoc in Tien Phuoc district.

The leader of Bac Tra My District People's Committee proposed that the mission soon have a plan to submit to the Government for investment in order for these monitoring stations to quickly come into operation, thereby calculating the cycle of future earthquakes; at the same time, publish monitoring data of small earthquakes like the recent time to bring information to people soon, contributing to stabilizing the lives of local people.