Institute of Seismological Research established in the year 2003 under the Government of Gujarat. The motto of ISR is Effective Seismological Monitoring through e-Governance to Save Lives and Damage due to Earthquakes. Earthquake monitoring in Gujarat is carried out by a dense network of 60 broadband seismographs that are connected through VSAT (online) which can detect earthquakes down to magnitude 2 occurring anywhere in the state or magnitude 4.5 anywhere in the world. Through online function