Dundo - The Seismic Station of the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INAMET) in Dundo, in Lunda-Norte province, has been out of service since the early hours of Monday due to the theft of two solar panels.
The fact was confirmed by the head of the provincial department of the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INAMET) in Lunda-Norte, Filipe Manique.
Filipe Manique highlighted that the robbery was carried out by three unidentified criminals, who, armed with machetes, threatened to kill the security guard on duty.
He assured that the defense and security agencies are investigating the case for possible recovery of the panels and arrest of the criminals.
According to the source, with the station out of service, it will be impossible to obtain, for example, information about the precise location of an earthquake (epicenter), its depth, energy released, the mechanism that generated the shock, and the medium through which the waves traveled to reach the earthquake, reach the place where they were generated to the sensor that detected them.
Angola currently has a seismic network made up of five stations with state-of-the-art sensors that help transmit information on the movement of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates) in real time to the INAMET central server, distributed across the provinces of Bengo, Cuanza-Sul, Lunda-Norte, Moxico and Huíla.
Technological sensors enable seismic monitoring, encouraging the preservation of life and support for different socioeconomic sectors, especially civil construction. HD/DOJ
