2024-06-13 15:00:13
Minister of Public Administration and Safety visits Buan and orders associated businesses to supply “emergency restoration assist”
Residents shocked by the earthquake… Beginning immediately, on-site psychological assist might be supplied.
Catastrophe Headquarters Headquarters Assembly… “Chance of aftershocks, preserve preparedness”
Minister of the Inside and Security Lee Sang-min visited the earthquake-damaged web site in Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do on the thirteenth to personally examine the injury state of affairs and ordered related businesses to supply emergency restoration assist.
Minister Lee first visited the broken homes, heard an evidence of the injury standing and measures to be taken from the Jeonbuk Province Governor and the Buan County Governor, and met with the affected residents.
Minister Lee heard from residents in regards to the pressing state of affairs on the time of the earthquake and requested associated organizations, together with Jeonbuk Province and Buan County, to take immediate motion in order that residents can dwell in peace once more.
Specifically, he requested that the danger evaluation of earthquake-damaged services be accomplished rapidly to stop secondary injury attributable to the earthquake, and that assist be supplied to assist anxious residents get well from the catastrophe.
Catastrophe psychological restoration assist might be carried out from today in collaboration with Jeonbuk Province and the Korean Pink Cross Catastrophe Psychological Restoration Help Middle.
Catastrophe psychological activists will go to every village to supply on-site psychological assist, and a psychological assist counseling sales space will even be arrange in entrance of Buan County Workplace to allow anybody to obtain psychological counseling.
Residents who’re having a tough time as a result of earthquake can obtain psychological counseling by visiting or calling town/provincial catastrophe psychological restoration assist heart.
On today, Minister Lee additionally requested that emergency restoration be totally promoted in preparation for the upcoming wet season.
Subsequent, they visited the Buan-gun waterworks and sewerage workplace and inspected the standing of injury to public services. He additionally repeatedly ordered that seismic reinforcement tasks for public services be expedited.
Minister Lee mentioned, “The federal government will do its finest in cooperation with native governments in order that earthquake victims can dwell their each day lives with peace of thoughts.”
In the meantime, Lee Han-kyung, head of the Catastrophe and Security Administration Headquarters of the Ministry of Public Administration and Safety, held a gathering of the Central Catastrophe and Security Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ) on the Central Catastrophe and Security Scenario Room of the Sejong Authorities Advanced this afternoon and inspected the standing of injury and measures to be taken.
Director Lee mentioned, “The Ministry of Public Administration and Safety activated the catastrophe response headquarters instantly after the earthquake occurred to attenuate injury,” and added, “We’re responding with all our may whereas establishing an natural cooperation system between associated ministries and native governments.”
In line with the Central Catastrophe and Security Countermeasures Headquarters, there have been no casualties or large-scale injury attributable to this earthquake, however studies of small-scale injury to services, corresponding to cracks in partitions, proceed to extend. As of 11 a.m. on today, 277 instances of injury to services have been reported, and 6 instances of injury to nationwide heritage have been confirmed.
Aftershocks proceed. To this point, a complete of 17 aftershocks with magnitudes starting from 0.6 to three.1 have occurred, and consultants predict that large-scale aftershocks might happen within the subsequent week or so.
Director Lee mentioned, “As there’s a risk of large-scale aftershocks occurring sooner or later, it’s essential to totally handle the state of affairs and preserve preparedness.” He added, “Related ministries ought to put together upfront and put together in order that they will rapidly swap to a response system within the occasion of injury from an earthquake.” He mentioned.
Earlier, at 8:26 a.m. the day before today, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred 4 km south-southwest of Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do. This earthquake is the most important earthquake that occurred on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding waters this yr.
As a result of earthquake, the Ministry of Public Administration and Safety activated emergency stage 1 on the catastrophe headquarters as of 8:35 a.m. the day before today. The earthquake disaster warning has been issued on the ‘alert’ stage. Earthquake disaster warnings are issued within the following order: Consideration, Warning, Alert, and Extreme.
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2024-06-13 15:00:13