National Data Center-CTBTO Relevant Functions in Comoros

02/06/2021

Research system, sources of weaknesses, lack of leadership and inspiration!
A personal point of view!!!

16/05/2018

Seismic event: Mayotte-Comoros
Date: 2018/05/15
Lat: -12.7776 Lon: 45.6142
Time: 15:48:07.360
Mag: mb 5.0
Depth:00

15/05/2018

Seismic event in the Comoros, Mayotte island:
-Event date: 2018/05/14
-Lat: -12.8965 Lon: 45.2864
-Time: 14:41:42.46 UTC
-Magnitude ML: 5.1 mb: 4.6
-Depth:00

09/05/2018

14/11/2017

02/07/2017

25/05/2017

Third On-Site Inspection Training Cycle In-field operations support course (IFOS-3TC). 15 – 19 May 2017, Austria.

3 major activities in 2 different sites Gotzendorf/Seibersdorf :
- TTE (Table Top Exercise) – LOSP (logistics and operations support plan) + H&S Health and Safety) plan, POE (Point of Entry) procedures, risk assessment
- POE equipment check, re-seal equipment, reload/
of containers
- Build up working area (6 tents connected to
each other, +decon tent, fully equipped incl.
power, heating, water

31/01/2017

On Site Inspection, 3T Cycle, Health, Safety and Security 3TC. Experts are trained in Skills essential for Inspection Team Members for the conduct of an On Site Inspection regarding general and applied safety culture and RISK MANAGEMENT, and in responses to various emergencies (at the Base of Operations and in the field), as well as material handling, aircraft and vehicle safety, and radiation protection.

02/12/2016

25/09/2016

This event could have an impact on a vulnerable population like Comoros. Already felt in different areas of the Islands; around 1: 08 UTC 21/09/2016.
It was located in the South of Gde Comore and Moheli islands
Date: 2016/09/21
Time: 01:08 UTC
Location: Latitude: -12.65, Longitude: 43.17
Magnitude: around ≈5 M
What to know?
This even is quite high than the habitual Magnitude 4 in the surroundings in the last 2 years in Comoros; we should be aware of eventual seismic activities. No worries, we just inform
Hypothesis:
The approach of seismicity along the islands is that, the motion is moving from South-East/North-West Indian Ocean- Comoro-Islands upward, for the reasons that couple of years earthquakes were located in Anjouan Islands (2 earthquakes in almost 2 months in 2014), and now is moving along Gde Comore and Moheli
Resources:
We may ignore but, there is an existing fault in the direction of South-East/North-West passing through the Islands, quite a moment, we knew about the volcanic aspect but no the existence of a fault. (The source) was released as the first edition, 2016 of the Seismotectonic Map of Africa (1:10 000 000 scale) a special version for the 35th International Geological Congress , 3 weeks before in Cape Town South Africa.

29/08/2016

truly, Africa's moving!!!!

19/04/2016

On Site Inspection: almost 33 Africain countries represented,
Gender balance as well.