Regions of possible strongest earthquakes made public in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan’s existing seismic hazard map is not right, the serious mistakes are made there, Director of Seismological and Geodynamics department of ANAS Republic Seismological Service Center Tahir Mammadli said.

According to him, the leadership of the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) was reported for making amendment to the abovementioned map: “May be the separate instructions must be on it in the near future. That map must be redeveloped and approved. We have determined that Shamakhi-Ismayilli, Gabala zone is 10-magnitude zone. In the existing map this area is shown as 9-magnitude zone. Baku is shown in 8-magnitude earthquake zone. Lankaran-Astara zone is noted as 8-magnitude zone, but our researches showed that this territory is in 9-magnitude zone. Ganja zone is also in 9-magnitude zone. In general, the strongest earthquake in Azerbaijan can be expected in Shamakhi-Ismayilli, Gabala zone”.

Mammadli said that the joint researches are conducted with 15 countries of Near and Middle East within “Earthquake Model of the Middle East region” international project: “Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Pakistan and the other countries participate in the project”.


/APA/