********************************************************************************************IISEE Newsletter No.70
July 20, 2011********************************************************************************************+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contents+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. Participants of China Seismic Building Course visited the tsunami disaster sites
2. 2010-11 Tsunami course study trip to Tohoku region
3. Investigation of Next Phase of JICA Training Courses
4. Off Sanriku Earthquake of July 10, 2011++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++===========================================================================[1] Participants of China Seismic Building Course visited the tsunami disaster sites
Participants of China Seismic Building Course visited the tsunami disaster sites of the 2011 Great
East Japan Earthquake in Iwate Prefecture during 10-11 July. In the devasted area by the tsunami,
cleanup work of debris is still undertaken even after 4 months from the disaster. Here are somecomments from the participants:"We are impressed by the recovery effort of Japanese people in ordered way after such a tragic
event." "Although it is not easy to design buildings to withstand any natural disaster, we must think
about the better buildings to protect human lives." "We thank you for this great opportunity to see
the real disaster."

Rikuzentakata

OfunatoOtsuchiTaroTaiki SAITO
Chief Research Engineer, IISEE

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2] 2010-11 Tsunami course study trip to Tohoku region
We (5 participants of the 2010-2011 Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course) visited some coastal areasin Tohoku region, where tsunamis generated from the 2011 off the coast of Pacific earthquake (M9.0)
caused serious damages. On the first day, we had a lecture at DCRC of Tohoku Univ. and then visited
Sendai plain area to observe the tsunami deposits (Photo 1) by the 2011 Tohoku and 869 Joganearthquakes. Next day, we visited Onagawa town (Photo 2), through Matsushima and Ishinomaki. InOnagawa, some RC buildings felt down and/or moved by the attack of tsunami. On the third day, wevisited Rikuzentakata, Ofunato (Photo 3) and Kamaishi. In Kamaishi, we inspected the breakwater(Photo 4) at the bay mouth with guidance by Kamaishi Port Office. The breakwater was partiallybroken by the 2011 tsunami but worked to reduce the tsunami energy.

Photo 1: Sendai

Photo 2: Onagawa

Photo 3: Ofunato

Photo 4: Kamaishi

Yushiro FUJIISenior Research Scientist, IISEE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[3] Investigation of Next Phase of JICA Training Courses
An investigation of demand for JICA training courses will be dispatched (in early August 2011) after
the selection of candidate courses for investigation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and JICA
considering balance of proposed field and budgetary frame of the next year. Particularly, this year isimportant for the IISEE training course of BRI, since the course will be reviewed every three years.
We are working hard to ask diplomat officials of Japanese Embassy in each country and JICA
experts to send supporting messages for the training courses of IISEE, I’d like to ask you to send
messages to the Japanese Embassy or JICA country office on the support of continuous training atIISEE. You may have information of this investigation if you are regarded as the related person ofthis matter.
Hajime KUROSAWA
Head of Administration Division, IISEE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[4] Off Sanriku Earthquake of July 10, 2011
The largest aftershock of the Off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake after the day of March 11,2011 occurred on July 10, 2011 at 9:57 AM (Japanese time) The location of epicenter: 38°N 143.5°E(JMA). Depth: 34 km (JMA) and Magnitude: 7.3 (JMA). Though the maximum intensity of theground was not so strong (Japanese intensity IV), quake was observed in broad area of east Japan.
The strong motion observation system of Building Research Institute (BRI) recorded many strong
motions as shown in the web-site below;
http://smo.kenken.go.jp/201107100957 (prepared by Dr. Kashima of IISEE, BRI)
Shoichi ANDO
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