More than 37 percent of public buildings in South Korea qualified as earthquake-resistant as of the end of last year.

The National Emergency Management Agency said that 332 out of 125-thousand public buildings were reinforced and deemed earthquake-proof in 2011 in line with a stronger antiearthquake plan.

The agency noted that 80 percent of important public buildings such as airports, dams, nuclear reactors and hospitals are now earthquake-resistant. However, it said that only roughly 30 percent of waste burial facilities, high-speed railroads and schools are able to withstand an earthquake.

The agency is planning to raise the rate of earthquake-proof public buildings to 80 percent by 2030.