AFAD hosted a meeting with the delegation of the RSSC

On April 6, employees of the Republican Seismic Survey Center of ANAS visited a seismically dangerous region of the Republic of Turkey and visited the Department of Earthquakes of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey (AFAD). The delegation headed by the General Director of the RSSC, Corresponding Member of ANAS, Professor Gurban Yetirmishli met with the head of the AFAD Department of Earthquakes, Professor Orkhan Tatar. 

The meeting discussed cooperation between the seismological centers of the two fraternal countries, the terrible earthquake that occurred in the fraternal country on February 6 this year and its consequences, as well as geophysical and seismic studies to be carried out by Azerbaijani seismologists in the area of the earthquake.

After discussions, Azerbaijani seismologists left for the area of the earthquake.

It should be noted that the specialists of the RSSC ANAS will assess the current state of deep faults in the earthquake zone, as well as a seismic assessment of the areas where new construction work will be carried out.