Supply of Earthquake data – Guidelines & Procedure:  

 

India Meteorological Department (IMD) is the nodal government agency responsible for monitoring earthquake activity in and around the country. Following are the guidelines and procedure for earthquake data supply:      

 

 

(i)                  A certificate on earthquake occurrence is issued to the concerned insurance company on payment basis for settling damage claims after seeking approval of competent authority of the department. For obtaining such a certificate, the insurance company should make a formal request to DDGM (Seismology), India Meteorological Department, Lodi Road, New Delhi-3 intimating the name of claimant and his / her full address of communication, Policy No., Claim No., exact date and approximate time of occurrence of earthquake and place of damage due to the earthquake etc. Also, a certificate of undertaking in the prescribed proforma (Anexure-I) is required to be furnished by the insurance company.  

 

(ii)                Seismicity reports / earthquake data, in respect of different places / sites for setting up various types of projects, such as hydroelectric projects, thermal power projects, Refineries, high rise buildings, railway bridges, community centers and other structures of importance, is supplied to the concerned authorities of central  / state governments, public undertakings, multinational & private companies, disaster managements agencies etc. Such reports / data are supplied on payment basis after seeking approval of competent authority of the department. A certificate of undertaking in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-II) is also required to be furnished by competent authority of the concerned office / organization.

 

(iii)               Earthquake data is also supplied to educational / research institutions for promoting research in seismology and allied fields. For obtaining such data, the user should make a formal request to DDGM (Seismology), India Meteorological Department, Lodi Road, New Delhi-3 through his / her Head of the department intimating details of the research project. A certificate of undertaking in prescribed proforma (Annexure-III) has to be furnished by the Head of the department along with the formal request for data supply. The supply of data, on free of cost basis, may be considered after proper scrutiny and assessing actual requirement of data. 

                          

 

 

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   Annexure - I

CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKING

 

(To be signed by the party receiving seismological data of the India Meteorological Department)

 

  1. The data supplied by India Meteorological Department will be used only for --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Please mention the purpose)
  2. The data are meant exclusively for our own use and shall not be passed on to any other party or agency (Indian or foreign) either in part or in full. If so needed, prior approval in writing will be taken from India Meteorological Department for the same.

    

  1. The data shall not be used for commercial purpose or to earn consultancy fees, honoraria etc.

 

  4. Due acknowledgement shall be given to India Meteorological Department for the source of data in all reports /publications etc. brought out by us.

 

5. The data supplied by this office will not be put on internet or nicnet or will        not be transmitted through any electronic media.

 

            Name of claimant: ---------------------------------

            Policy No: -----------------------------------------

            Claim No:  -----------------------------------------

 

 

  

 Signature and name of

 Head of the office/Department

 or

Authorized signatory in case of company

                                                                 With Stamp

 

Station:                                                     

Dated:                                                                 

 

 

 

 

      

                                                                                                        Annexure - II

 

CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKING

 

(To be signed by the party receiving seismological data of the India Meteorological Department)

 

  1. The data supplied by India Meteorological Department will be used only for --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Please mention the purpose)

 

  1. The data are meant exclusively for our own use and shall not be passed on to any other party or agency (Indian or foreign) either in part or in full. If so needed, prior approval in writing will be taken from India Meteorological Department for the same.

    

  1. The data shall not be used for commercial purpose or to earn consultancy fees, honoraria etc.

 

  4. Due acknowledgement shall be given to India Meteorological Department         for the source of data in all reports /publications etc. brought out by us.

     

  1. The data supplied by this office will not be put on internet or nicnet or will        not be transmitted through any electronic media.

 

 

 

 Signature and name of

 Head of the office/Department

 or

Authorized signatory in case of company

                                                                 With Stamp

 

Station:                                                    

Dated:                                                                 

 

 

                                                         

Annexure - III

                               

CERTIFICATE OF UNDERTAKING

(To be signed by the party receiving seismological data of the India Meteorological Department)

 

  1. The data supplied by India Meteorological Department will be used only for -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Please mention the purpose)

 

  1. The data are meant exclusively for our own use and shall not be passed on to any other party or agency (Indian or foreign) either in part or in full. If so needed, prior approval in writing will be taken from India Meteorological Department for the same.

    

  1. The data shall not be used for commercial purpose or to earn consultancy fees, honoraria etc.

 

  4. Due acknowledgement shall be given to India Meteorological Department for the source of data in all reports /publications etc. brought out by us.

     

      5.  The data supplied by this office will not be put on internet or nicnet or will not               

            be transmitted through any electronic media.

     

      6.   Findings of the data shall be communicated to IMD.

 

 

  

 Signature and name of

Head of the office/Department

                                                                                With stamp

Station:                                                    

Dated: