Country Presentation Malaysia

By : Noor Azam SHAARI Geophysics and Tsunami Division Malaysian Meteorological Malaysia

FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA

FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA

Land Boundaries: Total: 2,669 km Border Countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km

Coastline: 4675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km ; East Malaysia 2607 km

TOTAL AREA

329,847 sq km

LAND AREA 328,657 sq km

WATER 1,190 sq km

TOTAL POPULATION 28,728,607 (July 2011 ) MALE: 14,587,048 FEMALE:14,141,559

GDP per capita USD $ 14,700 (2010 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 7.2% (2010 est.) GDP by Sector Agriculture: 10.5% Industries: 41.4% Services: 48.2%

4 Source : University of PUTRA, Malaysia

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Death 68

Missing 6

Evacuated 8,292

Estimated Property Damage

RM 100 million

LIVES AND PROPERTY LOSS LOST

Source : University of PUTRA, Malaysia

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AFFECTED AREAS IN MALAYSIA

Penang

Langkawi

Source :

University of

PUTRA,

Malaysia

• Enhance Scientific and Data Foundation for Tsunami Early

Warning

• Strengthen Monitoring Networks

• Improve Tsunami Modeling and Mapping for Indian Ocean

and South China Sea Regions

• Strengthen Regional and International Cooperation

• Strengthen the SOP and Service Delivery

• Build a Stronger and Knowledgeable Resources Capacity in

MNTEWS

DEPARTMENT FUTURE IMPROVEMENT

DISASTER MITIGATION POLICY (TSUNAMI)

PROGRAM CONTENT

Seismology and Earthquake

o Basic knowledge

o Basic Instrumentation

o Evaluate Intensity and Magnitude

Tsunami

o Generation

o Propagation

o Inundation

Epicenter of earthquake around Malaysia from 1976 – 2012

SEISIMICITY AROUND MALAYSIA

TSUNAMI TIME TRAVEL CALCULATION

TSUNAMI SIMULATION

TSUNAMI SIMULATION

THANK YOU TO JICA AND JAPAN

ARIGATO GOZAIMASU