Seismology in Zimbabwe

Earthquakes monitoring in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been monitoring earthquakes since 1959 when the first seismic station was installed in Bulawayo.

Seismology in Zimbabwe is all about monitoring earthquakes in Zim,which is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. The need to establish a seismic network for monitoring seismic activity was brought about by the building and subsequent impounding of the Lake Kariba in 1958. There are more than 4000 earthquakes of magnitude 3.9 and below, about 1  ...