IISEE Newsletter
Mar 31 2020
Number 179

In This Issue• Message fromDirector of IISEE• The 25th Global
SeismologicalObservation Training
Course Closed• Closing ceremony
speech on behalf of
the Glaobal
SeismologicalObservation course
participants• 10-month Stay in
California

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Message from Director of IISEEBy Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEI was transferred from IISEE Director at the end of March 2020, after theservice for 7 years from April 2013. These have not been peaceful years forIISEE due to various accidents and problems. Some of them were severe,
but we could fix them paying mucheffort. On the other hand, we had somany joyful and significant events that
we can’t count up within a page. I,sincerely, would like to appreciate all ofyou, the readers of IISEE News Letter,for your heartful support during theseyears. Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata is the newdirector of IISEE. I will appreciate you
more if you so kindly support him andIISEE henceforward.
I am still involved in IISEE’s training
program as a Senior Fellow of IISEE. I'm
Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi,
looking forward to seeing you again inDirector of IISEE
near future.

The 25th Global Seismological Observation
Training Course Closed
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEGlobal Seismology Observation course started on Jan 14th has closed onMar 6th Friday. The Graduation ceremony was held in JICA Tsukuba. All 16participants from Algeria, Bhutan, Comoros, Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran,
Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe received thecertificate from Mr. Watanabe, Director general of JICA Tsukuba and Dr.
Midorikawa, the president of BRI.
Ms. MARIAMA Madi from Comoros made an address by the representativeof participants in response.
The training period was about two months, but in the training program,participants acquired knowledge of the CTBTO regime and the role ofEarthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake

seismology in the International Monitoring System (IMS). They also study
global seismological observation technologies for monitoring nuclear tests
and earthquakes and acquire data analytical techniques to discriminate
nuclear tests from natural earthquakes.
I hope participants spread their knowledge which got in Japan to theircountry. I'm looking forward to their success.

Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

Mr. Takeshi WATANABE, DirectorGeneral, JICA Tsukuba

Dr. Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA,President of BRI

Mr. DOOKHEE Jaikishanfrom Mauritius

Ms. NEPAL Nityam from BhutanMr. SHAFIK Bafakih fromComoros

Enjoy Now

Mr. ISSE Ahmed Hussein fromSomalia

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismology, earthquake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers will
be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneeded.
Try to challenge!!

Closing Ceremony

Closing ceremony speech on behalf of the Glaobal
Seismological Observation course participants
by Ms. Mariama Madi from Comoros

Mr. Takeshi WATANABE, Director General, Japan International Cooperation
Agency- Tsukuba
Dr. Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA, President, Building Research Institute
I am honored and privileged toaddress this sophisticate audienceon behalf of the 2019 Global
Seismological Observation CourseParticipants. It was long way togo for two months program full ofremarkable skills that have been
provided to us.
Honorable guests, allow me firstto express our sincere gratitude
to the MOFA- Ministry of Foreign
Ms. Mariama Madi from Comoros
Affairs- Government of Japan,
JICA-Japan International Cooperation Agency, Building Research InstituteBRI and International Institute of Seismology & Earthquake Engineering(IISEE) for their high profile Organization making the 2019 Global Course amilestone.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the purpose of maintaining a peaceful environment
has always been of major interest for Japan and for a nuclear free world.
The aim of the CTBT verification regime has been seen versed in the twomonths course that allowed us to learn more ways to discriminate between
seismic events and nuclear explosions. The knowledge transfer has been
made possible by the contribution of our instructors who remainknowledgeable professors and experts in the field of seismology in Japanand worldwide, to whom I pay tribute.
The program has been a great opportunity not only to deepen ourunderstanding and knowledge on seismology, but has been a fundamental
prospect to sharpen our ability to apply the outcomes of our course
experience to our respective Institutions and countries. This is, however, a
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Government of Japan. Study trips made through the program gave us avery wide picture of this country from its rich culture as well as how astrong resilience is maintained to rapidly bounce back after a devastating
World War II as well as after gigantic natural earthquakes and tsunamisthat have left behind many thousands of casualties and considerable
damages.
Much has been achieved to allow us pursuing the momentum of theKnowledge co-creation program in its full steps after reaching ourrespective home countries. We believe this strong tie that has been createdthrough this program will be maintained to feed our respective projects.
Besides the strong contribution of our trainers and all BRI staff, I would liketo express my deep gratitude to Sakume-san and Inadome-san who havealways been present and showing strong support in both in-door andoutdoor activities, thank you so much we will never forget.
JICA Tsukuba Center has been our sweet home for these past two months,
the participant’s family that has been created during our 2019 Global
Course and our regular course friendship that has been created when wewere crisscrossing along the corridor of annual training courses, we will
miss all of those including the beauty of this wonderful country of Japan.
Thank you very much again for making this Global Course a complete
success. Domo Arigato gozaimasu!

10-month Stay in California
By Takumi Hayashida, Senior Research Scientist, IISEEBack Numbers
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I was staying in California, theU.S., from April 2019 using thelong-term researcher dispatch
program of Building ResearchInstitute and came back to Tsukuba
last month. I had been working at
the Berkeley SeismologicalLaboratory (BSL), UC Berkeley as avisiting scholar. Extensive
researches have been conducted at
BSL and the faculty holds regular
On the campus.
seminars by notable researchers sothat I could devote myself to a wide
range of seismological topics. During my stay at BSL, I had been conducting
research with Prof. Douglas Dreger. We detected non-stationary signals(e.g. volcanic tremors) in seismic ambient noise and investigated the source
mechanisms. The results will be submitted for publication in a peerreviewed journal. The research topic was new and exciting to me, and I
could broaden my knowledge. I deepen relationships with lab members andother visiting scholars, and every day was very fulling for me. I also
participated in some training courses for visitors; conducting better lecturesin a class, and academic and social English. I believe these experiences had
improved my skill as a lecturer and would like to make this experience
useful for the IISEE training course. California experienced an earthquake
sequence (Mw7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake) and wildfires in 2019 and thecampus had been affected, but I really had valuable experiences in my life
thanks to everyone. I am grateful to have been given the opportunity tostay in Berkeley!