German firm launches its quake warning system in India

A German company today launched an early earthquake warning and security system in India, claiming that the device which is to be fitted in buildings will help detect the first waves and provide people a few extra seconds to rescue themselves during a tremor.
'Early Earthquake Warning and Security System' needs to be fitted in buildings and can detect P (Primary) waves, which are in mild form and are followed by strong S (Secondary) waves during an earthquake, Secty Electronics Gmbh's Managing Director Juergen Przybylak said.
"The technologies, presently available, are based on detecting P waves of an earthquake and it is a matter of seconds to act to save our lives and infrastructure.

"GFZ-Potsdam has developed an algorithm and Secty Electronics has programmed it in its software to detect the P wave," Przybylak said, adding that the device alerts 70 seconds before the secondary waves hit the structure and, thus, giving more time for people to escape.
In a joint venture with M/s Terra Techcom Pvt. Ltd, the firm said it has received contract from the Haryana government in Mini Secretariat at Sector-17, Chandigarh.