The Role of Seismological Networks in Civil Protection in Low and High Seismic Hazards

Earthquakes are one of the most devastating natural disasters on Earth, causing sometimes huge economic losses and many human casualties. Since earthquake prediction is not yet possible, purpose civil protection to reduce damage protect lives, in which seismological networks different countries play a very important role. Special applications seismic early warning systems that can be used vulnerable infrastructures using automated shutdown procedures, stop high velocity trains save lives if general public notified about imminent strong ground shaking. In this paper, we describe aims operation networks, covering more detail systems. Then delineate seismotectonic settings seismicity Hungary Kazakhstan, furthermore, operating related scientific research areas with emphasis protection. Kazakhstan differ only size their territory, but also seismicity, therefore, addition similarities, there significant differences between problems networks.