Seismic Recorder
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Dangerous 10 points seismic zone was for the first time determined on a seismic map of Azerbaijan.

"The studies conducted on the basis of a new technique in Shamakhi-Ismayilli zone, revealed a zone on the territory from Shamakhi to Gonagkend. It can create seismic hazard measuring 10 points. Another area in the territory of Azerbaijan, with possible seismic hazard measuring 10 points, is on north of Sheki-Oguz region, in the border region with Russia," Tahir Mammadov, head of the department on seismological and geodynamic studies of the National Seismological Service Center at the Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences, told Trend news agency.

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