When an earthquake strikes, the sensor will pick up tremors and immediately send an SMS alert to the Housing and Development Board (HDB).
Engineers will then be dispatched to the respective buildings to carry out checks and ensure that the structure remains safe.
The sensors were first installed in 2007.
The programme director at the National University of Singapore’s department of civil engineering Professor Richard Liew told the Straits Times newspaper that facts gathered from the sensors will be helpful in deciding whether an earthquake code of practice is required in future.
Apart from the HDB, the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has also installed similar sensors in various buildings nationwide.
The BCA has put up their sensors in 36 commercial and residential buildings since 2006.
The authority also told the newspaper that no building in Singapore has been structurally affected by earthquakes.
Earthquakes that rock the region can sometimes be felt across Singapore in places like the Central Business District, Beach Road, Bukit Panjang, Farrer Road and Marine Parade. In some cases, residents and offices workers were evacuated from high-rise buildings after they felt tremors.
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