Jakarta, Feb. 1 -- The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) uses remote sensing technology to calculate the danger of faults as an effort to mitigate the threat of earthquakes for the public.

A researcher from BRIN's Geological Disaster Research Center, Nurani Rahma Hanifa, stated that her side was collaborating with the British Geological Survey (BGS) in this technology research that has been published in a joint scientific research.

"We hope this effort can reduce the fatality caused by earthquakes with the scientific data we have through remote sensing," she noted in a statement from her office on Thursday.

Meanwhile, BGS' geologist in multi-hazard and remote sensing, Ekbal Hussain, stated that the technology, currently ow...