Special committee for assessing and mitigating seismic risk to convene on Thursday

The Standing Special Scientific Committee for Seismic Hazard Assessment and Earthquake Risk Mitigation of the Organisation for Earthquake Planning and Protection (OASP) will convene on Thursday afternoon, sources said.

According to the same sources, following an agreement between Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides with OASP President Professor Efthymios Lekkas, the committee will convene to evaluate seismic activity throughout the country.

The Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry and the Committee for assessing earthquake risk are in constant contact and communication for the purpose of monitoring the phenomenon. At the same time, they are on standby to convene the committee whenever necessary and when it has sufficient scientific data.