20. Oct 2009
Seismic-monitoring facility in Dingri
(Times of India) China has set up an earthquake monitoring station 4,255 metres above sea level at Dingri county, Shigatse prefecture, close to the Nepalese border. This is the second seismic-monitoring facility, the first one having been built in Nagchu prefecture in December 2008. China and India originally contemplated jointly running the project, which started in June 2009 and reportedly cost $140,000. China's decision to go ahead with it on its own raised speculation among the Indian press, whether Beijing plans to use the facility to monitor possible future Indian nuclear tests.