IISEE NewsletterNov 2nd, 2020
Number 186

In This Issue• IISEE Annual
Training Course
2020-21 started.
• New Participants of2020-21• Ex-participant fromNepal obtained PhD• A paper by SeniorResearch Scientist
Dr. Yushiro Fujii,
published in theGeophysical JournalInternational on 31
August 2020.
• Online Seminar by
an ex-participant of
the 2018 course forseismic resistantconstruction for Latin
America

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IISEE Annual Training Course 2020-21 started.

By Mr. Takahiro Yamada Head of Administration Division, IISEEIn the difficult situation of global infection of the new coronavirus,
we had an online opening ceremony of the training courses inSeismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster
Mitigation for young researchers and engineers on Oct 12th, andthe course has started.
This year, 15 participants from 10 countries were chosen out of 21
applicants from 12 countries and divided into Seismology,
Earthquake Engineering, Tsunami Disaster Mitigation. They aregoing to have specialized lectures on the study.
We hope they have a fruitful training for each participant andspend time in Japan with many fans.
We highly appreciate the support of all the concerned people forthis training course.

Mr. Takeshi WATANABE,
Director General of
JICA Tsukuba Center

Dr. Mitsumasa MIDORIKAWA,
President ofBuilding Research InstituteIISEE Net andTraining
IISEENETIISEE-UNESCO Lecture
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Mr. Masaru SUGAHARA,
Director of Disaster
Management Policy (DMP)
Program,Professor, National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS)

Address by Participant
Mr.Mohd Assyarul Bin Saadun
From Malaysia,
Earthquake Engineeringcourse

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Online opening ceremony

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New participants of 2020-21

A paper by Senior Research Scientist Dr. YushiroFujii, published in the Geophysical JournalInternational on 31 August 2020.
By Dr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist, IISEE

Senior Research Scientist Dr. Yushiro Fujii published a paper on
slip distribution of the 2005 Nias, Indonesia earthquake (Mw 8.6)
in the Geophysical Journal International on 31 August 2020.
Recent studies enable us to use far-field tsunami data forwaveform analyses by applying phase corrections to calculated
tsunami waveforms. This paper performed joint inversions of local
geodetic data and far-field tsunami waveform data to estimate theslip distribution on the fault of the 2005 Nias earthquake. Please
inform Dr. Fujii (fujii@kenken.go.jp) if you are interested in thiswork.
Fujii Y., Satake K., Watada S., Ho T.C., 2020. Slip distribution of
the 2005 Nias earthquake (Mw 8.6) inferred from geodetic andfar-field tsunami data, Geophysical Journal International, 223, 2,1162–1171, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa384

Online Seminar by an ex-participant of the 2018
course for seismic resistant construction for Latin
America
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow

Mr. Francisco Antonio Gomez Hernandez, who completed the "Latin American Earthquake Engineering" course in 2018 andreturned to El Salvador, talked about earthquake and tsunami

disaster mitigation measures in Japan at the on-line seminar,"Technology Development" sponsored by the Japan Center of Los
Call for Papers Andes University, Colombia on the morning of October 22. (JapanIISEE Bulletin is now Standard time). We look forward to his greater success in theaccepting submissions future.
of papers for the seismology, earthquake
engineering, andtsunami. Developingcountries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers will
be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneeded.
Try to challenge!

Mr. Francisco Antonio Gomez Hernandez
explains the earthquake and tsunami
disaster mitigation measures in Japan

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Ex-participant from Nepal obtained PhD.

Dr.Sudhir Rajaure
Deputy Director General of the Department of Mines and Geology,
Nepal.

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I am pleased to share that on
September 27, 2020, I obtaineda PhD inearthquake hazard analysis inNepal from Tribhuvan Universityin
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
The title of the dissertation is"Seismic Hazard Analysis ofNepal". In this research, I mainly
prepared nationwide seismichazard maps of Nepal for 500,1000,2500, 5000 and 10000 year
return periods for an engineering
Dr.Sudhir Rajaurrock site
condition. I am a graduate of the1998-1999 course (seismology course) and the 2008 seminarcourse. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to JICA, BRI
and IISEE family, who enlightened the importance of earthquakeand earthquake hazard to me. My current position is ‘Deputy
Director General’ of the Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal.
I am leading the Petroleum Exploration Promotion Project of theDepartment of Mines and Geology at present.