************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.7
20 Nov. 2006************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Special page on the KURIL ISLANDS earthquake of November 15, 2006
2. Annual Course Participants have experienced Survival Walk for Disaster Mitigationand Simulated Ground Motion of JMA Intensity VII
3. "RESPONSE CONTROL AND SEISMIC ISOLATION OF BUILDINGS" by Dr. Saito++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==========================================================[1] Special page on the KURIL ISLANDS earthquake of November 15, 2006
We present the special page of the KURIL ISLANDS earthquake of November 15, 2006,
where the following information is available:
1) Determination of earthquake magnitudes using duration of high-frequency energy
radiation and maximum displacement amplitudes
2) Kuril Tsunami3) CMT solution determined by Direct Solution Method
4) Earthquakes that caused Tsunami since 1800 around the epicenter
Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special/20061115kuril.htm.
Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Annual Course Participants have experienced Survival Walk for Disaster
Mitigation and Simulated Ground Motion of JMA Intensity VII
Annual course participants (Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami
subcourses) had a short practice of Survival Walk for Disaster Mitigation at Asakusa,Tokyo in Oct. 16, along the national route 6. This is one of the main evacuation routes
assigned by Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the people who works in Tokyo butlives the surrounding area and is expected to return home on foot in case of a severe
earthquake disaster. Then, the participants went to Honjo Bosai-Kan and experienced
the simulated ground motion of JMA Intensity VII (that corresponds to Modified
Mercali Intensity XII) on a shaking table, fire fighting exercise, smoke maze and heavy
windstorm. These activities belong to the lecture entitled "Dissemination for
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation" for the annual course.
Toshiaki YOKOI
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] "RESPONSE CONTROL AND SEISMIC ISOLATION OF BUILDINGS" by Dr. Saito

CIB/TG44 Book, "RESPONSE CONTROL AND
SEISMIC ISOLATION OF BUILDINGS" has beenreleased since September 8, 2006 from Taylor &Francis.
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
This book summarized state of the art ofworldwide practice of response control and seismic
isolation of buildings in China, Italy, Japan, Korea,
New Zealand, Taiwan, and the United States ofAmerica. I, Dr. Taiki Saito, am an author ofChapter 1 and 4 of this book. You can search thisResponse Control And Seismic
Isolation of Buildings

book on http://www.amazon.com.

CIB/TG44Book,"RESPONSECONTROLANDSEISMICISOLATIONOF

BUILDINGS" has been released since September 8, 2006 from Taylor & Francis.
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
This book summarized state of the art of worldwide practice of response control andseismic isolation of buildings in China, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, andthe United States of America. I, Dr. Taiki Saito, am an author of Chapter 1 and 4 of thisbook. You can search this book on http://www.amazon.com.
Taiki SAITO
Chief Research Engineer, IISEE

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