Deputy PM Bozumbayev Orders Seismic Risk Checks and Digital Hazard Database

Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev has ordered tighter control over the seismic resistance of buildings in Kazakhstan, inspections of facilities in hazardous areas and a digital database of seismic risks, the Committee for Emergency Prevention reports. About 40% of the country's territory lies in seismically dangerous zones. The need to ban construction in tectonic fault zones and foothill areas was also noted.

During a working trip, Bozumbayev checked readiness at the Alatau southern operational base and fire unit No. 21, and called for large-scale command-staff exercises next year. In Almaty, he visited the 109 contact center and a reception point at school-gymnasium No. 105.

Since the start of the year, more than 1,000 earthquakes have been recorded in Kazakhstan, eight of them felt at two to four points. The Ministry was tasked with completing the Mass Alert system, and a joint Kazakh-Chinese seismic research centre is planned.