India’s Next-Generation Tsunami Warning System:
India plans to establish a ₹300-crore Regional Service Centre (RSC) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to strengthen its tsunami monitoring and early warning system.The proposed Regional Service Centre (RSC) will be established at Vijaynagar on Swaraj Dweep in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and will also provide tsunami warning services to Indian Ocean countries such as Sri Lanka.India’s existing tsunami warning system largely detects earthquake-triggered tsunamis, despite nearly one-fifth of global tsunamis being caused by non-seismic events like submarine landslides and volcanic activity.The upgraded system will detect both seismic and non-seismic tsunamis, enhancing the speed, accuracy and reliability of warnings across the Indian Ocean region.The project includes laying about 270 km of sub-sea cables along tectonic subduction zones, enabling faster acoustic signal detection and reducing data gaps caused by damage or loss of surface buoys and satellite limitations.It is led by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information and Services (INCOIS), which operates the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC).
