********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.60

September 17, 2010********************************************************************************************++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. 22 IISEE Participants on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Management visited to Japanese
Minister
2. "4 September 2010 New Zealand Earthquake" and "IISEE's Web-site"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++============================================================================[1] 22 IISEE Participants on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Management visited to Japanese
Minister
22 participants of regular course paid a courtesy call on Mr. Maehara, the Minister of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan on 2 September 2010. The Minister expressed,"I expect all of you that the training course will help to promote disaster management of homecountry and that you will be a bridge of exchange between Japan and your country in the future."
All of 22 participants who have finished the "50th Regular Training Course in Seismology andEarthquake Engineering" (started from last October) received the master degree of the National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). They will attend the closing ceremony on 17
September 2010 at IISEE/BRI.

Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE========================================================================[2] "4 September 2010 New Zealand Earthquake" and "IISEE's Web-site"
Early in the morning of 4 September 2010, an earthquake (M 7.0) occurred in the South Island ofNew Zealand. The epicenter was located 56 km west of Christ Church and the focal depth was 12 km.
Fortunately, there was no casualty, however several buildings were partly destroyed and the outside
walls fell down. In "Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008)"(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/index_eng.html), only one earthquake that caused more than 100
casualties is registered (in 1931 M7.9, dead 256). Currently IISEE is expanding the record ofaftershocks of recent large earthquakes (more than M 7.0), which will be available at the web sitesoon. Your comments and feedbacks to the IISEE will be highly appreciated.

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