OREANDA-NEWS. November 16, 2011. While reports of earthquakes have become more frequent in Azerbaijan (the last one occurred in Lenkoran this morning) the country’s seismic network has been recognized the best one in CIS.

Geology Institute of National Science Academy of Azerbaijan reports that the Institute Director Akif Alizadeh has received in Baku Director of Physics Institute of Russian Science Academy Alexander Gliko. The meeting involved discussion of cooperation between the institutes and priority directions. As a result it was decided to carry joint researches on geodynamics , geothermy, palaeomagnetism and seismology.

A. Gliko noted that Azerbaijan’s seismic network is the best one in CIS in terms of equipping.