30 stations to monitor earthquakes in Saudi Arabia until the end of the year

13 free volcanic covering 90 thousand kilometers of the area of ​​the Kingdom

 Announced that the Saudi Geological Survey, the establishment of 30 stations to monitor seismic new, in different regions of the Kingdom until the end of this year, to add to the 100 stations built now, as part of the IGAD plan to cover all regions of the Kingdom of devices monitoring according to the newspaper "Middle East", Arabia.
On the subject of Aharat volcanic in Saudi Arabia, said Engineer Hani Zahran, head of the National Center for earthquakes and volcanoes in the Geological Survey told the newspaper: "numbering about 13 free, a total area of ​​about 90 thousand kilometers, and most of those Aharat Rhat south of the city of Medina and Khaibar north, in addition to are free Auared South Tabuk and Hail Htimh near, in addition to free labor. "
The monitoring devices of the Saudi Geological Survey recorded in the three previous days 8 earthquakes in varying degrees, the most powerful 3.8 on the Richter scale, on the western coast of the Kingdom of the nearby province of Qunfudah of the Makkah region.
The classified area west of Saudi Arabia within the seismic zones known to millions of years ago, and still a number of competent authorities demanding to abide by the application of the requirements of code for earthquakes in the construction of buildings at the level of Saudi Arabia in general, especially that new events are taking place in the region were not clear in the last period.
And the day before yesterday, Prince Dr. Mansour bin tired bin Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Secretariats need to apply all the necessary instructions for the application of the Saudi Building Code on government buildings and private when issuing building permits. The Building Code is a set technical systems of scientific and specialized administrative buildings, prepared by the National Committee for the Saudi Building Code to ensure minimum acceptable safety and public health, based on the foundations of the process and natural conditions, rules and engineering properties of materials and natural hazards such as earthquakes and fires, as well as for the use of the facilities. In that sense, the National Committee for the Saudi Building Code distributes building code to the relevant authorities in both the public and private sectors to begin to be applied on a pilot basis for two years, that is those actors by making observations and opinions on the matter every four months during the trial period.