IISEE Newsletter
May 29 2015
Number 121

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International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
1 Tachihara Tsukuba Japan 305-0802

tel+81-29-879-0678 facsim+81-29-864-6777• The 2nd Latin
American Earthquake
Engineering Course
Has Started

Bienvenidos a Japón (Welcome to Japan)
The 2nd Latin American Earthquake Engineering
Course Has Started• Trip to Ashgabadfrom April 19 to 26,
2015

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Mr. Mizuo Inukai andMr. Takashi Yamashita of IISEE• 2015 Gorkha
Earthquake in Nepal• Letter from Lecturer

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The opening ceremony of the 2nd Latin American Earthquake Engineering
Course was held at the BRI Hall from 9:30 to 10:30 on Monday, May 25. 16
participants from 6 countries such as Dominican Republic (2), El Salvador (4),
Honduras (1), Mexico (2), Nicaragua (4) and Peru (3) join the IISEE training
course.
The ceremony was conducted withinterpretations by two JapaneseSpanish interpreters and started by
the introduction of the BRI and JICA
executives and IISEE staff members.
After that, Mr. Katsuhiko Haga,
Director General of JICA Tsukuba andDr. Yuzo Sakamoto, BRI Chief
Executive
madetheirwelcomespeeches.
Dr. Sakamoto, CE of BRI

Dr. Sakamoto introduced the history
and role of BRI and explained that
Honduras is the very 100th country which BRI has welcomed to the training
course, and he told to the Latin American Course participants that BRI is now
ready to welcome them. At last, Ms. Sonia Patricia ROMERO RAMIREZ fromPeru made a speech on behalf of all the participants.
Latin America is a quake prone region
assameasJapan.
However,technology
ofearthquake-proof
construction is not widely obtained inthe area, and buildings’ collapse
causes huge damages to the human
lives and properties. This course isexecuted in the aim of reducing
damages from future earthquakes byenhancing and disseminating theearthquake-resistant technology in theparticipants’ countries.

Ms. Sonia Patricia ROMERORAMIREZ from Peru

Incidentally, all of the course will be
conducted in Spanish language through Japanese-Spanish interpreters, and theEarthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake

lecture notes in Spanish are handed out to the training participants. The
participants are not requested to have a good command of English in theirapplication qualifications. For further information on this Latin American training
course, e-mail to us via iisee@kenken.go.jp.
We heartily wish all good luck to their training course.
¡ Buena suerte ! (Good luck!)

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Group Photo at the Opening Ceremony

Trip to Ashgabad from April 19 to 26, 2015
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

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.
NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

This is my second visit to thecapital of Turkmenistan. The
first one that was four years
ago became unforgettable forme, because I got informed in
the international airport ofIstanbul on the way back toJapan about the 2011 Great
East Japan Earthquake andTsunami Disaster. Ashgabadhas been developed much, andthe scenery in the city that
became more beautiful thanthat of four years ago let me
remember the days I had been
there.

with the staff of Scientific ResearchInstitute of Seismic ResistanceConstruction in Ashgabad

Fortunately I met two of three ex-participants from Turkmenistan (FYI: there
are total of 1,664 ex-participants all over the world). Mr. Kakajan Kurbanov(Global Seismological Observation Course, 2011) is responsible for the seismic
station of CTBTO labeled PS44 in the Institute of Seismology and Atmosphere
Physics. Mr. Guvanch Annayev (Earthquake Engineering Course, 2012-2013) isnow in charge of vice-director in the Scientific Research Institute of SeismicResistance Construction.
As it is not so easy for me to travel to Ashgabad, I felt very happy in thisinaccessible opportunity. I thank them for their hospitality and hope that ourfriendship with them may continue eternally.

2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEThe Gorkha Earthquake has jolted Nepal, China, India and Bangladesh at 11:56
NST (06:11 UT) on 25 April, with a magnitude of 7.8Mw (8.1Ms).

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More than 8,000 victims
were reported with morethan twice injured. We,
all staffs of IISEE wouldliketoexpress
oursincere condolence withthepeopleinthosecountries, especially inNepal.
Severalex-participants
havecontacted
IISEE
immediatelyafter
theearthquake and provided
the information.
IISEE presents the special
page of this earthquake in IISEE HP.

IISEE’s special web pagefor Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal

Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/quakes2/20150425nepal.html

Letter from Lecturer✑✉ Dr. Taiki Saito, IISEE Visiting Research Fellow/Lecturer(Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology)
Dr. Saito informed that tutorial video of STERA_3D is released.
His mail is as follows.
“STERA_3D is integrated software for seismic analysis of buildings in three
dimensional space.
You can analyze the building with reinforced concrete elements, steel elements,
seismic isolation and response control devises, etc.
STERA_3D is distributed for free for the use of research and educational
purpose.
STERA_3D Tutorial Video is released in the web site:
http://www.rc.ace.tut.ac.jp/saito/software_movie-e.html
Manuals and software are available from the web site:
http://www.rc.ace.tut.ac.jp/saito/software-e.html”