IISEE Newsletter
April 28 2016
Number 132

In This Issue
 AGU Chapman
Conference on theSlow Slip
Phenomena Lunch under the
Cherry Blossoms
 Thank you so muchfor your sympathy

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AGU Chapman Conference on the Slow Slip
Phenomena
By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki Chief Research Scientist of IISEE
I attended the AGU Chapman Conference on the Slow Slip Phenomena which
was held from February 22 to 25 in Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico. I gave apresentation entitled “Modeling slow slip events and their interaction with large
earthquakes along Hikurangi and Mexican subduction zones”. In thisconference, many researchers from all over the world presented recent
researches on slow earthquakes. Recent high-resolution geodetic andseismological observations have revealed the occurrence of slow slip events(SSE), low-frequency tremors (LFT), and very low-frequency earthquakes(VLF), along many subduction zones. In Guerrero, Mexico, large SSEs of aroundMw 7.5 repeat every 3–4 years. Also, there is a seismic gap in Guerrero wherea large earthquake may occur in the near future.

Lunch under the Cherry Blossoms
By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division
On Tuesday April 5, IISEE had a“Cherry Blossom Viewing” lunch
party.
Although it rained the day before,
we enjoyed a good view of cherryblossoms and Japanese stylelunch boxes with Dr. Sakamoto,Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog
the president of BRI and Dr. Nishiyama, thevice president of BRI. New staff members,
Ms. Sato and Ms. Maruyamano introducedthemselves.
Cherry trees around IISEE buildings cameinto full bloom at the beginning of April. It’s
just in time. They are beautiful but the timeof their full bloom is brief. Cherry blossom
viewing is one of the Japanese people’s
traditional seasonal events. People go to seeCall for Papers
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them with their family, friends and colleagues and enjoy eating and drinking.
We were happy to have shared the time with training participants under thebeautiful blossoms.
Because of the new employee training, he was not able to attend the lunch butTappei HARA was assigned to IISEE Administration Office as of 2nd April. He is
the youngest staff in IISEE. Please be nice to him.

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Thank you so much for your sympathy
Since April 14th 2016, a series of earthquakes of magnitude 6-7 hit Kumamoto
and Oita of Kyushu, Japan. The disaster area is still experiencing strong
aftershocks.
We have received many messages of condolence and encouraging email fromall over the world. Thank you so much for your sympathy. People in thestricken area have been faced with a difficult situation but your mail encouragethem and us a lot. Let me take this opportunity to convey our appreciation foryour kindness.