By Emma Davie
Scientists from universities across the country are working to open the world's largest offshore-earthquake research centre in Halifax within the next two years.
The new lab will take in data from more than 100 sensors placed offshore to monitor seismic activity from coast to coast.
Mladen Nedimovic, a Dalhousie University professor and seismologist, says 90 per cent of earthquakes that affect Canadians happen offshore — but right now there's very little understanding about the seismic activity taking place along the country's coastlines.
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"Hopefully, with these studies, we would be able to pinpoint which are the most vulnerable so that we could actually do something and maybe put in early-warning systems, which we don't have," he said.