Scientific research and education on natural vibration and seismology
Budget
Federally funded
Field of research
Fundamental science (Geophysics, supercomputing, geoscience)
Director
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah
Emeritus scientist
Ahsan Mubarak Qasim Jan
Location
Islamabad, Pakistan
Operating agency
Quaid-e-Azam University
Website
www.ncp.edu/ces.php
The Centre for Earthquake Studies (CES) (Urdu: دانشگاہ برائے تحقیق و مطالعہِ زلزالیات) is a federally funded research institute and national laboratory dedicated to the advancement in understanding of natural vibration, seismology, and yield-based energy measurement of seismic waves.
The CES was established through federal funding as a direct response to the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake in order to understand earthquakes and provide scientific prediction of quakes to improve earthquake preparedness. The CES is the only national site in Pakistan working on earthquake precursors.[1][2]
The national laboratory is headquartered in the campus area of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) and conducts mathematical research in earth sciences, in close coordination with the NCP.[2]
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