Recent Advances in Earthquake, Tsunami, and Volcano Monitoring, Hazard
Evaluation, and Disaster Management in Latin America
March 14−16, 2017 at Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN), Quito, Ecuador
Sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Science and Technology
Agency (JST)AGENDA
March 14-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------OPENING REMARKS
14:00-14:05 President of EPN
14:05-14:10 Director of the JICA office in Ecuador
SESSION 1: Overview of the SATREPS and JICA projects in Latin America
14:10-14:30 Resume of JICA Project “Enhancement of Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring
Capacity for Tsunami Early Warning” in Ecuador: Alexandra Alvarado, Gabriela
Ponce, Wilson Acero, Daniel Pacheco, Mario Ruiz
14:30-14:50 Advances in Colombian SATREPS project: Marta Calvache
14:50-15:10 Mexico SATREPS project by Victor M. Cruz-Atienza
15:10-15:30 Summary report of Peru SATREPS project on Enhancement of Earthquake and Tsunami
Disaster Mitigation Technology: Fumio Yamazaki
15:30-15:50 Outline of Chile SATREPS project on tsunami disaster mitigation: Takashi Tomita,Rodrigo Cienfuegos
15:50-16:10 Coffee break
SESSION2: Earthquake monitoring
16:10-16:30 Earthquake monitoring using regional broadband seismic networks: Hiroyuki Kumagai
16:30-16:50 How to prepare for a strong shaking? Earthquake early warning in Japan: MasumiYamada
16:50-17:10 Earthquake monitoring using ocean-bottom observations: Yoshihiro Ito
17:10-17:30 Universality and diversity of slow earthquakes in world subduction zones: Satoshi Ide
17:30-17:50 Tsunami source estimate of the 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake: Masahito
Yoshimoto, Hiroyuki Kumagai
17:50-18:10 Focal mechanisms of the 2016 Pedernales, Ecuador, earthquake and aftershocks usingSWIFT: Wilson Acero, Gabriela Ponce, Hiroyuki Kumagai, Daniel Pacheco
18:10-18:30 Earthquake monitoring in Colombia, improvement by Colombia SATREPS Project:Viviana Dionicio, H. Kumagai, Y. Maeda, M. Yoshimoto, M. Calvache, P. Pedraza, J.
Bermúdez, R. Bolaños, C. Muñoz, L. Aguirre, N. Pérez, J. Velásquez, M. Nader, I.
Molina, K. Vallejo, A. Gómez, J. Lizcano, R. Prada, E. Gil, M. Acosta, O. Higuera, O.
Chamorro
March 15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SESSION 3: GNSS observation and volcano monitoring
09:00-09:20 Recent examples of GNSS crustal deformation observations in Ecuador: Patricia
Mothes, Paul Jarrin, Jean-Mathiue Nocquet, Frederique Rolandone, Marco Yepez andSantiago Aguaiza
09:20-09:40 Space Geodesy Infrastructure: a research tool for Geodynamics in Colombia: Héctor
Mora-Páez and GeoRED Team
09:40-10:00 Interplate coupling and block motion model in Colombia, detected by GNSS
observation network: Takeo Ito
10:00-10:20 GPS studies of crustal deformation in Mexico (Subduction earthquakes, Slow slip
events and Seismic cycle) by Vladimir Kostoglodov
10:20-10:40 JICA-IGEPN cooperation in volcano monitoring: Surveillance and Research at active
Tungurahua and Cotopaxi volcanoes, Ecuador: Mario Ruiz, Hiroyuki Kumagai
10:40-11:00 Volcano monitoring in Colombia: Cristian López, Marta Calvache, Gloria Cortes, John
Londoño, Lina García, Lina Castaño, Beatriz Galvis, Álvaro Acevedo, Milton Ordoñez,
Oscar Sanabria, Zoraida Chacón, Claudia Durán, Julian Ceballos, Lilly Martínez,Ricardo Méndez, Adriana Agudelo, Cristian Santacoloma, Carlos Ospina, Jorge Alpala,Diana Quintero, Luisa Meza, Jaime Raigosa, Rosa Alpala, Darío Corchuelo, JulianSánchez, Diego Gómez, , Oscar Cadena, Roberto Torres, Lourdes Narváez, Darío
Arcos, Carlos Laverde, Patricia Ponce, Paola Narváez, Viviana Burbano, Adriana
Ortega, Jhon Meneses, Edgar Muñoz
11:00-11:20 Coffee break
SESSION 4: Strong-motion hazards
11:20-11:40 From earthquake hazard to risk: Findings from Portoviejo, Ecuador, after the 16th April
2106 earthquake: H Yepes, JM Marrero, P Palacios, P Ramón
11:40-12:00 Crustal activity and seismogenic sources in the Bogota region: Patricia Pedraza, Nelson
Pulido, Cristina Dimaté.
12:00-12:20 Near-realtime strong motion hazard mapping: Masashi Matsuoka

12:20-12:40 Strong-motion simulation in Bogota: Estimation of earthquake scenarios and velocity
model of Bogota basin: Nelson Pulido
12:40-13:00 Damage estimation in Colombia: Luis E. Yamin, Juan Carlos Reyes, Raúl Rincón,Álvaro Hurtado, Andrea Riaño
13:00-14:30 LunchSESSION 5: Tsunami
14:30-14:40 Overview: Shunichi Koshimura
14:40-14:55 Progress of tsunami disaster management in Ecuador: Carlos Perugachi, PatriciaArreaga
14:55-15:10 Recent advances in assessment and forecast of tsunami in Colombia: Ronald Sánchez,
Leonardo Marriaga, Milton Puentes, Anlly Guerrero, Erick Mas, Bruno Adriano, Luisa
Urra, Shunichi Koshimura
15:10-15:20 Spatial distribution of the physical vulnerability of buildings due to tsunamis in San
Andrés de Tumaco, Pacific coast of Colombia: Sergio Andrés Medina González, Juan
Manuel Lizarazo, Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez, Luis Enrique Gil, Herbert Giraldo,
Carlos Cubillos, Martin Estrada, Emilio Tinoco.
15:20-15:35 Tsunami disaster management in Peru: Miguel Estrada
15:35-15:55 Discussion
SESSION 6: Poster session
15:55-18:00 Posters listed below
March 16------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SESSION 7: Disaster information and education
08:30-08:50 Participation and activities of SGR with the communities by the JICA Project“Enhancement of Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring Capacity for Tsunami EarlyWarning” in Ecuador: Alan Mite, SGR
08:50-09:10 Dissemination of information and contribution of SATREPS Project to the National Planfor Disaster Risk Management 2015-2025 in Colombia: Edwin Pinto Ladino, NathaliaContreras
09:10-09:30 Recent experiences in cultural promotion and education for disaster risk reduction inMexico: Tomás Sánchez
09:30-09:50 Development of Educational Seismic Monitoring Network for Buildings - REMOEDand Initiative of Education Program at CISMID in Peru: Carlos Zavala, Miguel
Estrada,Miguel Diaz, Francisco Rios

09:50-10:10 Lessons for tsunami risk mitigation from recent events occurred in Chile: researchfindings for alerting and evacuation from interdisciplinary perspectives: Patricio
Catalán, Rodrigo Cienfuegos
10:10-10:30 Tsunami evacuation drill at school of Zihuatanejo, Mexico: Resolving "double bind"situation: Genta Nakano
10:30-10:50 Coffee breakSESSION8: Discussion
10:50-12:30 Future collaborations among Latin American countries
EXCURSION
12:30-18:00 Cotopaxi Volcano

POSTERS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Focal Mechanisms of Colombian earthquakes using SWIFT system: Juan Carlos Bermúdez, H.
Kumagai, P. Pedraza, V. Dionicio
Seismic-acoustic energy partitioning during a paroxysmal eruptive phase of Tungurahua volcano,Ecuador: Pablo Palacios, Mikel Diez, J. Michael Kendall, Heidy M. Mader
Cotopaxi volcano monitoring: Patricia Mothes, Pedro Espin, Mario Ruiz, Cristina Ramos
Unrest of Nevado del Ruiz Volcano 2010-2017: John Makario Londoño, Lina Marcela Castaño,Beatriz Galvis, Lina Constanza García, Zoraida Chacón, Cristian López, Milton Ordoñez
Galeras volcano monitoring: Roberto Torres, Patricia Ponce, Carlos Laverde, Jhon Meneses,
Cristian López
Puracé volcano monitoring: Cristian Santacoloma, Andrés Narváez, Diana Quintero, Oscar Manzo
Bi-national volcanic monitoring program example volcano Chile and Cerro Negro: Alexandra
Alvarado, Bejamin Bernard, Gabriela Ponce, SGC
Spatial distribution of the physical vulnerability of buildings due to tsunamis in San Andrés deTumaco, Pacific coast of Colombia: Sergio Andrés Medina González, Ph.D Juan ManuelLizarazo, Ph.D Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez, M.Sc Luis Enrique Gil, M.Sc Herbert Giraldo,
M.Sc Carlos Cubillos, M.Sc Martin Estrada & Ing. Emilio Tinoco.
A Preliminary geological and velocity model of Bogotá region: Juan Carlos Reyes, Luis E. Yamin,Andrea Riaño, Julián S. Montejo, José L. Bustamante
Accelerometer Network of Bogotá. Evolution and Expectations: Mario Helberto Leal Noriega.
Chiles and Cerro Negro monitoring and risk maps: Alexandra Alvarado, Bejamin Bernard, Gabriela
Ponce, SGC
Elaboration of a velocity model of the Bogota basin: Helber García, S. Senna, N. Pulido, G.
Redondo, L. Castillo, M. Tovar, E. Mazo, J. Fandiño, L. Quiñones, J. Luenguas, J.
Bustamante, J. Montejo, F. Obando B, L. Tinjacá, I. Bautista, M. Leal
Estimation of ground shaking distribution based on empirical models and Vs30 map in Bogota,
Colombia: Hiroyuki Miura, Masashi Matsuoka, Jaime Eraso
Advance in the study on geology of active faults near Bogota: Patricia Pedraza, Miryam López, Luis
Miguel Aguirre, Eliana Torres, Adrián Oviedo, Alejandra Amaya, Carlos Alfonso, Olga
Patricia Bohórquez, Hans Diederix
Methodology for process optimization in the bulletin publishing system: Sergio Suárez, Israel
Ronquillo, Marcelo Candell, Carlos Perugachi, Willington Rentería, Jorge Nath, PatriciaArreaga