Dr Dmitry A Storchak, Director of the International Seismological Centre visits the Observatory

5 November 2008

Dr Dmitry A Storchak, Director of International Seismological Centre, visited the Hong Kong Observatory on 23 October 2008. He briefed Observatory officers on the work of the International Seismological Centre (ISC) and toured the earthquake monitoring facilities of the Observatory. Dr. Storchak observed that the ISC (formerly called the International Seismological Summary or ISS) and the Observatory had a long history of cooperation as one of its former directors offered expert advice to the then Director of the Observatory on the setting up of the first seismograph at the Observatory in 1921. Since then, the Observatory has been providing seismic data to the ISS and later ISC, and seismic data from the Observatory were published in the ISS's earthquake analysis reports as early as 1922 (see reprint at the bottom). Dr Storchak looked forward to closer cooperation between the two organizations in enhancing seismic monitoring activities in the region.

Dr Dmitry A Storchak (second from right) and Observatory personnel