IISEE NewsletterFeb 29, 2024
Number220

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In This Issue• The 28th Global Seismology Observation Course has started• Visit to Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (January 16th)• IISEE Seminar Presentation by Dr. Inoue• Training for Visiting Officials of the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology

and Geophysics (BMKG)• (Short Report) International Friendship Party

The 28th Global Seismology Observation Course hasstarted
By IISEE
On Global Seismological Observation Course has started fromJanuary 9.
This year, 9 participants from 6 countries (Democratic Republicof the Congo(1), Egypt(2), Kazakhstan(2), Nepal(2), Thailand(1),Timor-Leste(1)) join this course.
In the Opening ceremony held in BRI, after the welcome speech,
Mr. HASABO Mohamed Hassaballah Abdallah from Egypt gavean address on behalf of the participants.
The Training Course has the special aim to develop humanresources having acquired the skills necessary for detecting
nuclear tests applying seismological knowledge.

Dr. Takao SAWACHI,President of BRI

This training program is carried out by the support andcooperation of CTBTO, MOFA, JICA, Japan Meteorological
Agency, and other organizations. From 1995 until now, 288
participants from 78 countries have completed.
The training participants are working actively to learn theknowledge about the international seismic observation andacquire advanced earthquake analysis technique.
This 28th Global Seismological Observation Course will end soonon March 1, and when all participants have completed theprogram, 297 participants from 78 countries will have completedit.

Makoto TAKAHASHI,Director General,
Tsukuba Center, Japan
International Cooperation Agency

We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and hope thatyou will have good memories of your short stay in Japan.
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Mr. Yuji KUBO, Official, Arms Controland Disarmament Division,
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation andScience Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of JapanMr. HASABO Mohamed Hassaballah
Abdallah （Egypt）

Group Photo

Visit to Geospatial Information Authority of Japan(January 16th)•By Dr. Moeko Matoba, Research Engineer, IISEE
Thirteen participants visited the Geospatial
Information Authority of Japan (GSI) onJanuary 16th. Firstly, a lecturer from GSI
lectured on GSI’s activities related toInterferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar(InSAR). Then, other GSI staff introduced an
outline of the main building of GSI with aseismic isolation system installed in 2010. The
participants observed the seismic isolation
system. After that, the participants visited theScience Museum of Map and Survey to learn
about the history, principles, and newtechnologies of map and surveying
technologies. During the visit to GSI, theparticipants had significant interests and active discussions.
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IISEE Seminar Presentation by Dr. Inoue•

By Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara, Senior Research Scientist, IISEEIn the IISEE seminar held on February 7 and 8, Dr.
Hiroshi Inoue (Visiting Researcher of the National
Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster
Resilience, Visiting Research Fellow of the IISEE, andPart-time Researcher of the Disaster Prevention
Research Institute, Kyoto University) gave a presentation
entitled “Earthquake Observation Projects I have been
involved in: Their challenges and future.” On the 7th, theseminar was held in person at the IISEE and via theZoom meeting for online participants. On the 8th, it washeld via the Zoom meeting. He presented and discussed
several earthquake observation projects in which he wasinvolved, and then explained his ideas for future
directions of earthquake observations. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session.
For the questions in the Zoom chat for which there was not enough time for discussion, he kindly preparedhis answers for the questions, and the questioners received the answers. Thank you very much for yourpresentation, Dr. Inoue. We thank the seminar participants for their active participation.

Training for Visiting Officials of the Indonesian Agency
for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)•By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Director of IISEE
Thirteen staff from the Indonesian Agency forMeteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)
visited the BRI on Thursday, December 21.
They received a briefing on the International Earthquake
Engineering Training Program and lectures onearthquake and tsunami disaster prevention.
The ex-participants, Mr. Nurpujiono and Mr. Abdul
Rosid, also participated.
We learned that they are both doing well in BMKG.
Five IISEE staff members gave lectures according to thefollowing schedule.
We also had a lively exchange of ideas.
Date and Time: Thursday, December 21, 2023, 14:00 16:30
Contents:
Introduction of Seismology Course (Dr. Hara),
Introduction of Tsunami Disaster Prevention Course(Dr. Fujii),
Introduction of Global Seismological Observation Course, (Dr. Hayashida)3

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Mechanism of tsunami earthquakes (Dr. Shibazaki)
Slip distribution of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman and 2005 Nias earthquakes - Estimation by tsunami data
inversion using phase-corrected Green's function (Dr. Fujii)
Seismicity of inland earthquakes (Dr. Kita)(Short Report) International Friendship Party•By IISEEOn February 19th, all of the regular and global course participants attended an International Friendship
Party during lunch break.

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