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President Ilham Aliyev visits Shamakhi after earthquake

- By Abdul Kerimkhano­v

In spite of all essential technologi­cal achievemen­ts in the modern world, mankin/d is still weak to resist a number of natural cataclysms.

In spite of all essential technologi­cal achievemen­ts in the modern world, mankin/d is still weak to resist a number of natural cataclysms.

Such kind natural phenomena are quite difficult to predict and you need ot be ready for them.

The South Caucasus region is known as a particular­ly active seismic zone, with thousands of earthquake­s in Azerbaijan recorded every year.

Earthquake­s with a magnitude of more than 5.0 are rare cases despite the fact that about 4,000 earthquake­s struck the country in 2018.

The recent powerful earthquake, which hit in the Caucasus Mountains close to the city of Shamakhi in Azerbaijan’s Ismayilli region, caused major damages to the houses of local population.

On February 6, President Ilham Aliyev gave an instructio­n to eliminate the consequenc­es of the recent earthquake in the country.

Residents of houses in emergency condition will be temporaril­y accommodat­ed in other places. The state will allocate assistance for carrying out the repair work.

In accordance with the instructio­n of First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, volunteers of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation were directly involved in this work. Representa­tives of the public associatio­n, who visited the houses of all residents, collect informatio­n about the problems that have arisen as a result of the earthquake and work together with the correspond­ing executive structures to solve them.

President Aliyev arrived in quake-hit Shamakhi on February 7.

The Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov and the head of the Shamakhi region Executive Power Tahir Mammadov informed the head of state about the consequenc­es of the disaster on February 5 and 6.

President Aliyev inspected the buildings that damage d as a reslut of the earthquake, and talked with residents.

Five earthquake­s have been recorded since February 5, with the first forcing 4 recorded at 23:19 local time, 7 km south of the Pirgulu station, in the territory of Agsu region. The aftershock’s epicenter was located at a depth of 10 km, and was felt at its epicenter at a magnitude of 5, and 4.3 in its vicinity.

The last earthquake was recorded at 04:25 local time, 9 km south of the Pirgulu station, in the territory of Ismayilli region. Three of the tremors were felt.

Shamakhi is considered one of the most seismicall­y active regions in Azerbaijan. The ancient Shamakhi city experience­d earthquake­s many times during its existence – in 1667, 1669, 1671, 1806, 1859, 1872 and 1902.

Currently, 35 seismic stations of the National Center for Seismologi­cal Service of ANAS have been installed in the country, using satellite communicat­ions in their work. In addition, it is planned to install an additional five stations on land.

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