THE Department of Meteorology and Hydrology held a seminar on earthquake monitoring at its office in Yangon on February 26.

The seminar, jointly organised by the department and Japan International Cooperation Agency, was attended by experts from those two organisations and from the Myanmar Earthquake Committee and Myanmar Engineering Society.

Among the topics discussed were earthquake observation, international cooperation in earthquake disaster mitigation, earthquake disaster mitigation activities, disaster response strategies for tsunamis and earthquakes, the potential for tsunamis to strike Myanmar’s coast and public education about disaster preparation.

Organisers said Myanmar is a seismically active country so it was important to establish more disaster mitigation programs in cooperation with the government, local and international organisations, and communities to prevent major destruction and fatalities.