IISEE Newsletter
Jan 31 2019
Number 165

In This Issue• Greetings to allreadersInternational Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
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Greetings to all readers

By Dr. Toshiaki Tokoi, Director of IISEEth• The 24 Global
SeismologicalObservation Course
has started

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Dear all IISEE readers:
I hope that you, your family and your colleagues have a happy andprosperous new year. We can also see IISEE enforcing the training
program in 2019.
At the beginning of the new year,
1,864 former participants from 101
countries were counted, and in the
Global Seismological Observation
Course that began on January 16,
there are 12 more participants,
including one from the 102nd
country, that is Tuvalu.

Dr. Yokoi,
Director of IISEEIn September of 2018, Hokkaido,
the northernmost island of Japan, was jolted strongly by a shallow
earthquake and the damage spread out due to the landslide induced bystrong ground motion.

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Tragedy goes on in Iran, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela, Mexico,Taiwan, etc. Especially, Indonesia has suffered the strong groundmotion twice. One on the island of Lombok in August and anotheraccompanied with liquefaction at Palu of the Sulawesi Island in
September. Moreover, the tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption in theSunda strait attacked the inhabitants along the coast in December.
Earthquakes
We would like to express our deep sympathy and condolence for thoseThe 2011 off the Pacific who were affected.
coast of Tohoku
Earthquake

Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu CatalogEarthquake Catalog

These catastrophes made us re-confirm the need to maintain the highmission of IISEE through our training courses to mitigate earthquakedisasters and make people living in earthquake-prone countries safer,securer, and more peaceful. It seems that human beings of this century
have obtained technologies and wisdom to coexist with these violent
natural phenomena. Unfortunately, we have to say that they have notyet disseminated sufficiently throughout the world.
The dissemination of Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Science,as well as the international training courses of IISEE, is now required tomaintain and improve them as properties common to all human beings
through dozens of generations in a sustainable way for the next
millennium.

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.

We continue our activities to facilitate communication and exchange ofinformation with the readers of IISEE News Letter, former participants
and others working in the field of earthquake engineering andseismology. Please pay attention to the notices provided in the NewsLetter.
Finally, I would like to add a word of grateful acknowledgment to all of
you for your kindness and attention to IISEE again.

The 24th Global Seismological Observation Course
has started
By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEEGlobal Seismological Observation Course has started from Jan 16.

This year, 12 participants from 9 countries (Egypt, India, Iran, Pakistan,NO submission fee is Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, Tonga, and Tuvalu) join thisneed.
course.
Try to challenge!!

In the Opening ceremony held in
BRI, after the welcome speech,Nazari Abbas from Iran gave anaddress on behalf of theparticipants.
The Training Course has thespecial aim to develop humanresources having acquired theskills necessary for detecting
nuclear tests applying
seismological knowledge.
This training program is carriedout by the support andEnjoy, Now

cooperation of CTBTO, MOFA,JICA, Japan Meteorological
Agency, and other organizations.
From 1995 until now, 242
participants from 74 countries
have completed.
Training participants of this year
are working actively to learn theknowledge about the international
seismic observation and acquire
advanced earthquake analysis
technique.
This short course will finish on
March 8. I hope all of theMr. Imanishi
Director of Arms Control andDisarmament Division,Disarmament,
Non-Proliferation and ScienceDepartment,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Dr. Midorikawa,
President of BRI

participants enjoy training and staying in Japan. Please bring back a lotof great memories of Japan.

Mr. Iida,
Director of Training Program
Division, Tsukuba International
Center, JICA

Mr. Nazari from IranContact Us
The IISEE Newsletter isintended to act as ago-between for IISEEand ex-participants.
We encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to this newsletter. Please let us
know your current
activities in yourcountries.

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nldb/Group photo of Global Seismological Observation Course Participants.