********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.49

14 Jan. 2010********************************************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Special page on the Haiti Earthquake of Jan 12, 2010
2. Renewal of Synopsis of Master Paper on IISEE website
3. WWW Links on IISEE website has been renewed
4. The 2010 Global Seismological Observation Course started++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++==================================================================================[1] Special page on the Haiti Earthquake of Jan 12, 2010
We present the special page of the Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010, where the following information isavailable:
1) Aftershock Distribution and the Mainshock Fault Plane by MJHD method by Dr. Hurukawa
2) Past Damaging Earthquakes in Haiti
3) Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008)
Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special/20100112haiti.htm
We'd like to ask you, especially ex-participants in the Caribbean Sea Region, to send us information on thisdisastrous earthquake to share it.

2010 01 12 Haiti Region
Mw 7.1CHAITI

19 00

Magnitude

B4

18 30

67

Depth

Port-Au-Prince
0

18 00

5306090A
Caribbean Sea
D17 30Depth (km)-73 300-73 00-72 30-72 00

ABCD200204040-100-50

050
Distance (km)100 -100-50050Distance (km)100Hypocenters relocated by the MJHD method. The nodal plane corresponding
to the fault plane is shown by a thick solid line in the C-D cross section.

Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] Renewal of Synopsis of Master Paper on IISEE website

Last September, the 22 participants of the 2008-2009 course from 11 countries completed their master papers andwere awarded master's degree in disaster management. In this renewal, the synopsis of the Master Paper of
2008-2009 course and the abstract of the Master Paper of the 2005-2006 course have added.
website: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/syndb/
Please read the synopsis of very nice work of each participant.

Bunichiro SHIBAZAKI
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[3] WWW Links on IISEE website has been renewed

Last July we asked to let us know your organization's website, if it was possible to link with ours. In response to ourrequest, many ex-participants informed us their websites. We renewed this page as soon as we received new
information and the renewal was finished. We greatly appreciate your cooperation.
Now we are asking again to visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/?p=links.
If you can add your organization in this page, please inform us the URL.

WWW Links on IISEE website
Bunichiro SHIBAZAKI
Chief Research Scientist, IISEE

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] The 2010 Global Seismological Observation Course started

The 2010 (JFY2009) Global Seismological Observation Course started to learn discrimination techniques between
earthquakes and nuclear explosion. We have been conducting this training since 1995. As of today, 139 participantsfrom 69 countries have taken this course. This 2010 training course will be conducted for 2 months from January 7
to March 5, 2010, with 11 participants from 8 countries (China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan,Paraguay, Tonga) in cooperation with JICA and Japan Meteorological Agency.

Group photo at the opening ceremony

A scene of the Presentation of Inception Report

Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE==================================================================================********************************************************************************************We send this IISEE Newsletter to ex-participants whose e-mail addresses are known. The IISEE send you new
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