Reactivate technical committee on earthquakes, says JMG
The technical committee on earthquakes should be reactivated to coordinate studies and reassess seismic risks in Malaysia following the recent tremors, department of minerals and geoscience’s (JMG) director-general Zamri Ramli said.
He said the committee, coordinated under the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), could review existing data to support more accurate studies and action plans.
He proposed that the committee include representatives from JMG, the meteorological department, the survey and mapping department (Jupem), the public works department, academics and professional bodies.
“This committee is important to refine existing data on tectonic activity and potentially active fault lines,” he told Bernama.
The committee was last active in 2020.
Zamri said the series of tremors in Segamat was an unexpected sign, caused by tectonic activity that released…
