Azerbaijan, Baku, April 5 / Trend, H. Valiyev /
According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, funds were allocated for the construction of four new buildings for seismic stations, the National Seismological Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan told Trend on Friday.
According to the centre, the construction work has already started in the Fizuli, Agdam, Beylagan and Yardimli regions. Completion of construction works is expected in the next few months.
The equipment that will be installed at the stations has already been delivered to the country. Its installation will take place following the completion of construction works.
In addition, SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) is working on the preparation of the preliminary design to install three bottom seismographs to sea bottom seismographs in the sea. The seismographs will be installed by experts of the U.S. Kinemetrics Company in the Umid, Bahar and Chirag fields.
The U.S. Kinemetrics Company acts as a supplier of seismic equipment. There are 31 seismic monitoring stations operating in the country. All stations are connected to the satellite system.
The head-end is located in Baku in the Academic town, where information from vibration sensors installed in seismically active part of the country is delivered regularly via the satellite in real time. After processing the data, the system provides information about the exact location of the earthquake, its strength and time.
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