Taiwan Opens World's First Monitoring Station on Active Volcano
Taiwan has opened a seismic monitoring station on Mt. Datun, the world's first on an active volcano.
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00:00 Taiwan has opened the world's first seismic monitoring station on an active volcano.
00:10 Located on Mount Datuan in northern Taiwan, the facility will gather data about the volcano
00:14 and help educate the public about natural disasters.
00:17 The government hopes to later expand it into a national park.
00:20 Mount Datuan is located over a magnema chamber, causing a lot of seismic activity.
00:25 It last erupted between 5 and 6 thousand years ago.
00:28 The monitoring station will use the data it gathers to prepare for a possible eruption.
00:32 "The key is to use scientific methods to understand the real intensity or range of
00:39 the eruption.
00:40 We can make a prediction based on that.
00:41 So as long as we understand the data, we don't have to be too scared."