{"id":1867,"date":"2026-01-14T10:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:53:48","slug":"kuwait-records-over-1400-earthquakes-since-1997-kisr-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/01\/14\/kuwait-records-over-1400-earthquakes-since-1997-kisr-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait Records Over 1,400 Earthquakes Since 1997, KISR Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kuwait National Seismic Network has detected more than 1,400 local earthquakes\u2014ranging from weak to moderate since its establishment in 1997, according to Dr. Faisal Al-Humaidan, Director of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). The network, comprising nine field stations and a central analysis unit, also continuously monitors regional and global seismic activity.<\/p><p>Dr. Al-Humaidan highlighted KISR\u2019s broader research achievements, including a #2 regional ranking in the SCIMAGO 2024 index. Key projects span earthquake monitoring, environmental resilience, renewable energy, water security, and food safety. The institute completed 175 research projects in 2024-2025, with a majority commissioned by national entities, though budget constraints and approval delays have posed operational challenges.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kuwait National Seismic Network has detected more than 1,400 local earthquakes\u2014ranging from weak to moderate since its establishment in 1997, according to Dr. Faisal Al-Humaidan, Director of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). The network, comprising nine field stations and a central analysis unit, also continuously monitors regional and global seismic activity. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kuwait-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}