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Shamsudeen finds solution to stop earthquakes

With thousands of people perishing globally every year from earthquakes, the big question is if this natural calamity can be prevented.The answer to this query would be an emphatic “YES” from the invention scientist M A Shamsudeen, currently associated with a major project on the subject at SRM University.The research team consists of Ojas Mahapatra, Shivaraman R (alumnus of SRM), Mr.Shamsudeen and Prof M.Ponnavaiko, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at SRM University.The conventional wisdom is that earthquakes occur due to plate tectonics; but this long held hypothesis has been brushed aside by the SRM team that has effectively argued and proved that earthquakes occur due to gaseous explosions under the earth’s surface.This leads to the larger question of whether such gaseous explosions can first be detected and subsequently stopped.The team built a simulation system – in association with Bharathidasan University – with a view to demonstrating that gaseous explosions cause earthquakes and successfully tested it. Mr. Shamsudeen has been working on this line of thinking for the last 54 years and the team led by him presented a paper in International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition,2007 in Perth, Western Australia. The team went all over the world to find the earthquake epicenters.He explained to Spectrum the working of the Earthquake Stopping Unit that consists of a perforated tube – that is rust and fire proof – drilled into the ground at the site of the epicenter. The gas travels through the tube and into a tank that is then sent for study in the lab.The unit has a safety valve and a gauge to measure the pressure of the gas.His appeals for help to find a solution to stop earthquakes fell on deaf ears all these years. Finally SRM University came to his rescue and set up lab, provided financial and material assistance. “SRM University is a world savior in the sense that success in this research venture will help India and countries that are hit hard by this phenomenon,” Mr.Shamsudeen remarked and thanked the Chancellor and the Provost for helping at the right time.