Earthquake early warning system tested

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) tested a new earthquake early warning system in Ulaanbaatar last Thursday. Emergency officers set off sirens Thursday afternoon to instruct city residents on protection and minimization of possible earthquake disaster and casualties. NEMA had conducted this kind of test twice before. Mongolia’s earthquake warning system was upgraded three months ago under the Government’s “Establishing Earthquake Warning System” project of 11.6 billion togrog. With the assistance of South Korea, Mongolia made upgrades and built forty new siren towers on roofs of tall buildings in the capital city for sooner reports of the earthquake disaster. The testing on Saturday was especially effective as it proved the siren towers fully operational. The training takes place in the fourth week of March of every year to check the readiness of disaster warning systems and people’s awareness on earthquake and other disasters.