Ulaanbaatar
“Earthquake awareness and prevention day” to be marked annually
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME “Earthquake awareness and prevention day” will be marked on every fourth Wednesday of March annually. In today’s irregular cabinet meeting the Government made this decision to conduct a nationwide campaign of awareness and training citizens on prevention, risk reduction, preparedness and rescue actions.
55 percent of the territory of Mongolia belongs to possible 7-8 magnitude earthquake zone and 20 per cent to possible 9 and more magnitude earthquake zone and some 75 per cent of all cities and settlements are located on 7 and more magnitude earthquake zones and 12 soums and settlements on 9 and more magnitude earthquake zones.
Some 28 thousand seismic vibrations were registered in 2016 nationwide. Vibrations are still active around Ulaanbaatar including Gunjiin am, Avdar uul, Emeelt and Khustai nuruu and over 1800 vibrations were registered in 2016 around Ulaanbaatar while it was some 200 in 2000.
It is estimated that in case of 6.6-7.6 magnitude earthquake in earthquake active areas 22-50 per cent of constructions and facilities in the city would be ruined, damaged or broken. This shows the need of strengthening national capacity of disaster protection and improving system of prevention, preparedness and risk reduction.
