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Earthquakes Have Become More Frequent in Our Region
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Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:34
Recently earthquakes have become more frequent in Karabakh. The latest
occurred three days ago. How frequent have they become, what
activities are carried out with the population to help them orient
themselves appropriately in such situations? In connection with these
and other issues Karabakh-open.info interviewed director of the RA
`Eastern Service of Seismic Protection' state non-profit organization
Boris Petrosyan.
- Mr. Petrosyan, could you tell us what do you think of the frequently
occurring earthquakes during the latest period?
- During the latest quarter 4-5-point earthquakes occurred in the
Republic. The epicenter was in the neighbouring Republic of Iran. The
earthquakes were more intensively felt in the regions of Martouni and
Hadrout and in the capital. After the earthquake that took place in
the middle of August about 150 earthquakes more were registered in the
Republic. It must be mentioned that three days ago we registered two
earthquakes more: a 4-point earthquake occurred 16 kilometres
north-east of Qarvajar and the other one of similar intensity 22
kilometres south-west of Gyanja city, in the southern part of
Azerbaijan.
It can be said that the earthquakes have become a bit more frequent in
the region but this is not of any seismic danger for us. The whole
information recruited by means of our stations is rendered to the
`Crisis Centre' at the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations where this
information is worked out and the seismic risk for the corresponding
region is determined.
- What activities are carried out with the population aimed at helping
them to correctly orient themselves and behave in emergency situations
and more concrete, in case of earthquakes?
- One of the two main circumstances of avoiding any victims during
earthquakes is the awareness of the population. That is why with the
support of the NKR Ministry of Education and Science from 4 to 6
academic hours at all the comprehensive schools and higher educational
institutions are appropriated for the study of these rules. Besides,
senior schoolchildren of the capital and the regional administration
centres visit our institution by the defined schedule and get
familiarized with our activities on the spot.
During the earthquake that took place in August we could see the
spread of panic among the population but I can state confidently that
due to the joint efforts of the power structures and the mass media
the panic was prevented in a very short time. In this case, however,
no danger threatened our population, no destruction was registered
either in the RA or in the NKR.
- I wonder how seismically stable are the buildings available in the Republic?
- All the buildings constructed until 1988 are seismically resistant
in case of 7-point earthquakes that does not correspond to the 8 to 10
points' seismic rate of our Republic. After that we presented the map
of the Republic's seismic risks to the government that was confirmed
and followed by the construction of correspondingly seismically
resistant buildings in the region since 1997.
- What's the state of the technical facilities of the eastern service?
- In five stations of the Eastern Service /Stepanakert, Shoushi,
Hadrout, Mardakert and Berdzor/ the old equipment that has already
been outdated is used. The Ministry of Emergency Situations has been
actively engaged in acquiring new devices and the first steps have
already been done. Recently the French specialists have installed a
new station in Yerevan and Garni, similar stations will soon be
created in Karabakh as well. The application of the advanced
technologies will enable to considerably reduce the process of
recruiting and working out the necessary information.
Qnar Babayan
From: Baghdasarian
http://karabakh-open.info/en/interviewen/1928-en418
Thursday, 04 October 2012 10:34
Recently earthquakes have become more frequent in Karabakh. The latest
occurred three days ago. How frequent have they become, what
activities are carried out with the population to help them orient
themselves appropriately in such situations? In connection with these
and other issues Karabakh-open.info interviewed director of the RA
`Eastern Service of Seismic Protection' state non-profit organization
Boris Petrosyan.
- Mr. Petrosyan, could you tell us what do you think of the frequently
occurring earthquakes during the latest period?
- During the latest quarter 4-5-point earthquakes occurred in the
Republic. The epicenter was in the neighbouring Republic of Iran. The
earthquakes were more intensively felt in the regions of Martouni and
Hadrout and in the capital. After the earthquake that took place in
the middle of August about 150 earthquakes more were registered in the
Republic. It must be mentioned that three days ago we registered two
earthquakes more: a 4-point earthquake occurred 16 kilometres
north-east of Qarvajar and the other one of similar intensity 22
kilometres south-west of Gyanja city, in the southern part of
Azerbaijan.
It can be said that the earthquakes have become a bit more frequent in
the region but this is not of any seismic danger for us. The whole
information recruited by means of our stations is rendered to the
`Crisis Centre' at the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations where this
information is worked out and the seismic risk for the corresponding
region is determined.
- What activities are carried out with the population aimed at helping
them to correctly orient themselves and behave in emergency situations
and more concrete, in case of earthquakes?
- One of the two main circumstances of avoiding any victims during
earthquakes is the awareness of the population. That is why with the
support of the NKR Ministry of Education and Science from 4 to 6
academic hours at all the comprehensive schools and higher educational
institutions are appropriated for the study of these rules. Besides,
senior schoolchildren of the capital and the regional administration
centres visit our institution by the defined schedule and get
familiarized with our activities on the spot.
During the earthquake that took place in August we could see the
spread of panic among the population but I can state confidently that
due to the joint efforts of the power structures and the mass media
the panic was prevented in a very short time. In this case, however,
no danger threatened our population, no destruction was registered
either in the RA or in the NKR.
- I wonder how seismically stable are the buildings available in the Republic?
- All the buildings constructed until 1988 are seismically resistant
in case of 7-point earthquakes that does not correspond to the 8 to 10
points' seismic rate of our Republic. After that we presented the map
of the Republic's seismic risks to the government that was confirmed
and followed by the construction of correspondingly seismically
resistant buildings in the region since 1997.
- What's the state of the technical facilities of the eastern service?
- In five stations of the Eastern Service /Stepanakert, Shoushi,
Hadrout, Mardakert and Berdzor/ the old equipment that has already
been outdated is used. The Ministry of Emergency Situations has been
actively engaged in acquiring new devices and the first steps have
already been done. Recently the French specialists have installed a
new station in Yerevan and Garni, similar stations will soon be
created in Karabakh as well. The application of the advanced
technologies will enable to considerably reduce the process of
recruiting and working out the necessary information.
Qnar Babayan
From: Baghdasarian