Myanmar and Japan are cooperating in establishing an early earthquake warning system in Myanmar by setting up seismographic network and record center in the country, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Friday.
According to the report, the cooperation will be made between the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) of Myanmar and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is Japanese government's overseas aid agency.
A seminar on the earthquake warning system was held in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday which also covered the tsunami warning system, the report said.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will also help Myanmar develop an early warning system for Tsunami and other natural disasters, according to earlier local reports.
The ESCAP will set up two seismograph stations and two sea- level measurement stations for the purpose, officials of the state- operated DMH were quoted as saying.
The ESCAP's decision to fund Myanmar for setting up the warning facilities is based on the fact that the region around Bangladesh and western Myanmar's Rakhine coastal area is susceptible to earthquake and tsunami, the officials said.
Tsunami data from the regional early warning center, already set up in the Indian Ocean, will be received by Myanmar's early warning center through global telecommunications system, according to experts.
In early 2005, in a bid to strengthen its tsunami warning system, Myanmar also set up a national committee for natural disaster prevention and resettlement that involves many ministries.
Myanmar was not much affected by Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami that smashed across the Indian Ocean, compared with other South and Southeast Asian nations.
Meanwhile, the DMH is also strengthening its public information work about natural disaster and climate change by planning to produce a series of documentaries to raise public awareness against such unpredictable mishap.
Source: Xinhua
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