Abstract
A number of networks are currently being deployed for the real-time seismic and sea-level monitoring within Morocco, which has historically known several destructive earthquakes. In particular, a new seismic network that relies on satellite transmission for real-time data acquisition is being deployed in the country and consists of a hub for the management of VSAT and 48 seismic stations, all connected to a Central acquisition, processing and data storage Unit in Rabat. In addition, a seismic array consisting of 10 high-detection seismic stations is also connected by VSAT to the Rabat central recording site. A strong-motion network consisting of 70 instruments is installed for the seismic monitoring of large infrastructures. These instruments have allowed the recording, so far, of more than 40 accelerograms. A second set of 50 digital accelerographs is currently being deployed in urban centers in order to rapidly provide maps of estimated damage distribution following a significant earthquake. Moreover, a new network of seven tide-gauges for sea level monitoring is being installed along Moroccan coasts. Combined with the above-mentioned seismic network and an installed tsunami analysis system, this tide-gauges network aims at setting up in the near future, a center for early warning against tsunamis. Compared to the previous network, the new network has allowed the recording of five times more events per year and helped lower the threshold of detected magnitudes. A 24/7 surveillance has been set up for this monitoring and for providing rapid seismic warning to national authorities in charge of seismic risk management.
Highlights
The National Institute of Geophysics of Morocco (INGM) is currently deploying new networks instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the seismic activity in Morocco and its neighboring regions
For the sake of sea level monitoring, the INGM is deploying a new network of tide-gauges, which combined with the real-time seismic network and an already installed tsunami analysis system, will help in providing early warning against tsunami
The new networks installed in Morocco have made it possible to monitor the seismic activity at the national level 24 hours a day, to systematically send warning messages to authorities in the shortest possible time in the advent of an earthquake with a magnitude greater than or equal to 3.5 or less than this threshold, if it is felt by the population
Summary
The National Institute of Geophysics of Morocco (INGM) is currently deploying new networks instrumentation for real-time monitoring of the seismic activity in Morocco and its neighboring regions. This instrumentation constitutes an important enhancement of the seismic information system in the country. Since 1986, a second seismic network was deployed in the country This analog network consisted of over 30 seismic stations, most of which used radio and phone telemetry and allowed to follow the seismic activity in Morocco in real-time. This network was installed and further run by the INGM until 2012. We present an overview of the design and implementation of this new instrumentation deployed in the Moroccan territory for the seismic and tsunami monitoring
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