UNESCO-RELEMR Workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean
Reserva del Higuerón Hotel
28 October - 31 October 2013
Logistic Information
Workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean
The workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region will be hosted by the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada in San Fernando – ROA in Fuengirola (Malaga) - Spain, and co-sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Network of European Research Infrastructures for Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation (NERA).
Around 70 senior scientists in the extended Mediterranean region will participate in the workshop that will be held from 28 October to 31 October 2013 at the “Reserva del Higuerón” Hotel in Malaga, Spain.
UNESCO and the USGS have been working with the Council of Europe, government agencies, and other organizations on a program for Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR). Thirty RELEMR meetings have been held since the first meeting in Cairo in 1993 and during the last seven years workshops have been hosted by the Jordan Natural Resources Authority and Royal Scientific Society, the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute and the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, the Cyprus Geological Survey Department, the lnstitute of Earth Sciences 'Jaume Almera' in Spain, and the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece.
At these meetings, participants discussed regional approaches to improve seismic data (e.g., more accurate locations and improved magnitude estimates), probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA), engineering issues (e.g., reasons for building failures), and the production of a RELEMR seismicity map has also been discussed. Participants produced a ground shaking map of the Dead Sea region and training courses in PSHA, HAZUS, David Boore's Ground Shaking and other software have been given.
The first part of the meeting will focus on real-time data exchange and will include a day-long session contributed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The latter part of the meeting will include more general presentations on seismology, seismotectonics and earthquake engineering. Two special sessions will be held during the meeting, one on the MERC Dead Sea Rift Seismological Network Project and the other one on Data Exchange. During the sessions participants will be requested to comment on real-time seismic data exchange and about the status of their networks and their data needs. The workshop will also feature a presentation of “An Earthquake Early Warning System for the Ibero-Maghrebian Region”.
This workshop will contribute to the improvement of knowledge focalized in the reduction of earthquake losses; and is an opportunity to contribute to the health and safety of the millions of people on the extended Mediterranean region.
Agenda
UNESCO-RELEMR workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region 28 October – 31 October 2013
Saturday, October 26th 2013
6:00-24:00 MERC participants arrive in Malaga
Sunday, October 27th 2013
Non-MERC participants arrive in Malaga
MERC Project Meeting 9:00-18:00 Participants from Jordan, Israel and Palestine meet to discuss joint MERC-funded project including, but not limited to, real seismic data exchange.
18:00 – 20:00 Registration
Monday, October 28th 2013
8:30-9:30 Registration
Opening Ceremony, Chair: Jose Martin Davila Capt. Dr. Miguel Vallejo Carrion, Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada Admiral of Spanish Fleet Dr. Michael Foose, USGS 09:30 – 10:30 Dr. Alexandros Makarigakis, UNESCO
Introduction of Participants
Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony Logistical announcements
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break
11:00 - 13:00 Keynote Presentation Chair: Eleni Georgiou Morisseau
Jose Martin Davila and Antonio. Pazos 11:00 – 12:00 Geosciences activities of ROA Focusing on Seismic studies at the Ibero-Maghrebian
Region
First Session Elisa Buforn 12:00 – 13:00 An Earthquake Early Warning System for the Ibero-Maghrebian region
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Special Session on Data Exchange – I Chair: Remy Bossu Second Session Session Third Second Session Session 16:20 –18:00 16:00 – 16:20 14:00 –15:30 15:50-16:00 15:40-15:50 15:30-15:40 15:30-16:00 Bossu orTorild VanEckinadvance ( * APowerPointtemplate wasproposed to interested parties.Interested partiesare invitedto contact Rémy Special Session on Data Exchange – II Chair: Torild VanEck Chair:Torild Special Session onDataExchange –II Coffee/tea break Greece Egypt Cyprus advance ( been proposedtointerested parties. Interested parties wereinvitedtocontactRémyBossu orTorildVanEckin Presentation by participants , by Abuo El-Ela Mohamed AbuoEl-Ela Mohamed , by , by Nikolaos Melisand Ilias, by Papadopoulos , by Stelios Nicolaides , by [email protected] Workshop Program Workshop Program Workshop Objectives: Introduction Presentation by participants (continuation) Presentation byparticipants ofthestatustheir networks and theirdata needs(10’ each)* RémyBossu:Introduction establish a implementation planforinterestedparties establish aimplementation promotebilateralcollaborations illustratethe benefitsof such exchanges through existingcollaborations presenttechnical solutions toimplement theseexchanges, tocollectdata exchangeneedsfromnetworkoperators, of the status of their networksandtheirdata templatehas needs. A PowerPoint ; [email protected] [email protected] ) ;
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Contributed Papers Chair: Beatrice M. Sole Giambastiani
Nikolaos S. Melis, I.S. Kalogeras and C.P. Evangelidis 09:00-09:15 The Hellenic Seismic Network (HL): Recent Developments, Upgrades and Responsibilities
Ilias Papadopoulos and Filippos Vallianatos
09:15-09:30 The Hellenic Seismological Network of Crete. An Operational facility in South Aegean (Greece) Fourth Session Fourth Session Special Session on Data Exchange - III
Torild Van Eck: 9:30-10:45 Status of waveform exchanges in Europe
10:45–11:00 Coffee/tea break
Special Session on Data Exchange – IV Chair: Torild Van Eck Presentation by participants (Continuation): Algeria, Oman, Palestine and Saudi Arabia, to 11:00 -13:00 be confirmed Discussion Fifth Session Fifth Session 13:00 -14:00 Lunch
Seventh Sixth Session Session 20:00 -23:00 16:30 -18:30 16:00–16:30 14:00–16:00 This session willfocus which areorganizationalon severaltechnicalissues among structure, strategic goals, Hofstetter Chair:Rami Project SeaRiftSeismologicalNetwork MERC Dead Workshop dinner hosted by Real Instituto y Workshop dinnerhosted by Observatorio delaArmada RealInstituto Project II SeaRiftSeismologicalNetwork MERC Dead Coffee/tea break benefits toseismologists,engineers, geologists, and publicauthorities. These benefits include: be tomergetheJordanian,PalestinianandIsraeli seis will encompassall existingNetwork (DSRSN)that seismological networks in the region. Thefirst stepwill Discussion Topic Facilitate better definition ofdefinesiteeffectand waveformattenuation. Facilitate moreaccurate epicenter and magnitudedeterminations which canbe reported tocivil Facilitate the developmentofareliable earthquake catalog thatcan beapplied tovarious authorities and thepublic; engineering assessmentstudies, andbuildingcodes.i.e. improvedhazard technical standards, data archiving,data processing,anddevelopingacommon catalog. : Therecentlyapprovedproject’sgoal is to buildavirtualDeadSeaRiftSeismological (cont.) mic networks. Doing this willprovidesubstantial Chair: Rami Hofstetter Chair:Rami
Wednesday, October 30rd 2013
09:00-09:30 Contributed papers Chair: Hanan Al-Nimry
Sebastiano D’Amico, Pauline Galea, Daniela Farrugia 09:00-09:15 Dynamic Characteristics of an active Coastal Spreading Area using ambient noise Measurements: Examples from the Maltese Islands.
09:15-09:30 Zehra Cagnan New Strong Motion Networks in the Northeastern Mediterranean Region
Eighth SESSION Middle East Regional Cooperation Program – Contributed papers 09:30-10:30 Papers on all aspects of Middle Eastern seismology, tectonics, and data exchange are welcome but participants are urged to consider presentation on how their networks can formally or informally contribute to the MERC Program
10:30-10:45 Break –Preparation for Field Trip
Field Trip 10:45- 20:00 Field trip (Including geology/archaeology/cultural heritage)
Thursday, October 31th 2013 09:00-11:15 MERC Round Table Discussion and General Discussion of MERC activities
Ninth 11:15-11:30
Session Session Coffee/tea break
11:30-13:00 Contributed papers Chair: Jalal Al Dabbeek
11:30-11:45 Nacer Jabour Morocco National Seismic Network
11:45-12:00 Doğan Kalafat and Ali Pinar Seismic Monitoring in Koeri (Turkey)
12:00-12:15 Iordanis Dimitriadis The New Broadband National Seismological Network of Cyprus
12:15-12:30
Tenth Session Tenth Session Matthew R. Agius, Pauline Galea, Sebastiano D'Amico In the process of a major upgrade at the Seismic Monitoring and Research Unit, University of Malta.
12:30-12:45 El-Sayed Mohamed Salem Seismicity of Nile River
12:45-13:00 M. Hamdache, J.A. Peláez, A. Kijko and A. Talbi Characterization of a seismogenic source zone model in the Algeria-Morocco region
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Contributed papers Chair Issa El-Hussain
14:00-14:15 M. Hamdache, J.A. Peláez and A. Talbi Statistical analysis of some aftershock sequences in South and Southeastern Spain
14:15– 14:30 Nasser Laouami Derivation of spectral attenuation relation for Algeria based on local and regional strong motion database
Eleventh Session Eleventh Session Abuo El-Ela A. Mohamed , Adel M. E. Mohamed 14:30-14:45 Quarry Blasts Assessment and Their Environmental Impacts on the Nearby Oil Pipelines, Southeast of Helwan
City, Egypt
14:45-15:00 Mourad Bezzeghoud and Assia Harbi North African Group for Earthquake and Tsunami studies and the seismic hazard assessment in North Africa
Hanan S. Al-Nimry, Saddam H. Qeran and Musa R. Resheidat 15:00-15:15 Proposing an Indexing Method for Rapid Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability for Existing Residential Stone- Concrete Buildings
15:15-15:30 Jalal Al Dabbeek, Fabio Germagnoli, Barbara Borzi and Paola Ceresa Seismic Risk Mitigation in Palestine: SASPARM Project
15:30-15:45 Ali Pinar and Mustafa Erdik Earthquake Early Warning and Rapid Post-Earthquake Assessment Studies at Koeri, Turkey
Eleventh Session 15:45-16:00 Coffee/tea break
Closing Session 16:00-17:30 Closing Session Chairs: Michael P. Foose and Alexandros Makarigakis
Friday, 1 November 2013 6:00-24:00 Depart from Spain List of Participants
Participants Organization City Country Mohamed Hamdache CRAAG Algiers Algeria Nasser Laouami National Earthquake Engineering Center Algiers Algeria Eleni Morisseau GSD Nicosia Cyprus Iordanis Dimitriadis GSD Nicosia Cyprus Stelios Nicolaides GSD Nicosia Cyprus El Sayed Mohammad Salem EGSMA Cairo Egypt El‐Ila Amin NRIAG Cairo Egypt Hatem Odah NRIAG Cairo Egypt Gilles Mazet EMSC Montpellier France Remy Bossu EMSC Montpellier France Pascal Roudil LDG Montpellier France Alexandros Makarigakis UNESCO Paris France Jair Torres UNESCO Paris France Angelo Strollo GFZ Potsdam Germany Nikos Melis NOA Athens Greece Filippos Vallianatos TEIC Crete Greece Ilias Papadopoulos TEIC Crete Greece Rami Hofstetter GII Tel Aviv Israel Vladimir Pinsky GII/GSI Jerusalem Israel Andrei Polozov GII/GSI Jerusalem Israel Lea Feldman GII/GSI Jerusalem Israel Yochai Ben‐Horin IAEC Tel Aviv Israel Beatrice M. Sole Giambastianni University of Ferrara Ferrara Italy Hanan S. Al‐Nimry JUST Amman Jordan Ali Sawarieh NRA Amman Jordan Mahmoud Al‐Qaryouti NRA Amman Jordan Waseem Allan NRA Amman Jordan
Participants Organization City Country Rachid Jomaa NCSR Beirut Lebanon Abdala Elmelade LCRSSS Tripoli Libya Mohamed Imhmed Saleh LCRSSS Tripoli Libya Nofel Noureddin Shanta LCRSSS Tripoli Libya Matthew R. Agius Malta University Sliema Malta Sebastiano D'Amico Malta University Sliema Malta Nacer Jabour CNR Rabat Morocco Mimoun Harnafi Université Mohamed V Rabat Morocco Torild van Eck ORFEUS De Bilt Netherlands Issa El Hussain SQU Muscat Oman Khalifa Al‐Jabri SQU Muscat Oman Mutaz A. Al‐Qutob Al‐Quds University Jerusalem Palestine Anas Tayseer Atatri Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Dr. Ayman A. T. Mohsen Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Eng. Hatim F. Al Wahsh. Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Jalal Al‐Dabbeek Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Moamar F. S. Ishtayyeh Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Radwan El Kelani Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Wala’ N. Ajaj Seis. Eng. Ctr. Nablus Palestine Fernando Carilho IMP Lisbon Portugal Mourad Bezzegoud Universiy of Evora Lisbon Portugal Mashel N. Alkadam KSU Riyadh Saudi Arabia Maria Jose Jiminez Institute of Geosciences Madrid Spain Mariano Garcia Fernandez Institute of Geosciences Madrid Spain Antonio Pazos ROA Malaga Spain Jose Martin Davila ROA Malaga Spain Elisa Buforn University Complutense of Madrid Madrid Spain Indira Abdel Rahman Mohamed Sudan Seismic Network Khartoum Sudan
Participants Organization City Country Nejla Bouden‐Romdhane Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs Tunis Tunisia Atef Bouallegue INM Tunis Tunisia Semir Ben Abdallah INM Tunis Tunisia Ali Pinar KOERI Istanbul Turkey Dogan Kalafat KOERI Istanbul Turkey Niyazi Türkelli KOERI Istanbul Turkey Zehra Cagnan METU Ankara Turkey Hussain Mahdi Al‐Hajeri National Center of Meterology and Seismology Abu Dhabi UAE Talal Alwahedi National Center of Meterology and Seismology Abu Dhabi UAE Frederick Simon UNESCO Oakton, VA USA David Oppenheimer USGS Washington, VA USA Mike Foose USGS Reston, VA USA Rob Mellors LLNL Livermore, CA USA Ogie Kuraica Kinemetrics Pasadena, CA USA Stephen Herzog NNSA Washigton, VA USA General information about Spain
Official language: Spanish
Currency and exchange rate: European Euro
Number of inhabitants: 46,704,314
Population density: 92 per square kilometer
Capital: Madrid
Time zone: GMT + 1 hours in the entire country (six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time).
Electricity: 220 volts AC throughout
Weights and Measures: Metric system
Weather forecast:
Arriving in Malaga
Airport Transfer
You will be provided with transfer transportation from the airport to the Hotel (and vice versa). After have claimed your luggage you should find the exit at the ground level. There, a driver will be waiting for you in order to bring you to the the Reserva del Higuerón” Hotel, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain
Contact Person: Mr. P ablo Barcia Mobile: +34 610 748 945 Tel: +34 956 101 193 About the Airport
Malaga-Costa del Sol airport is located 8 km from the city center with excellent connections to whole of the Costa del Sol. It is one of the oldest Spanish airports founded in Spain in 1919.
Malaga-Costa del Sol airport also has scheduled flights to the rest of Spain, most significantly to Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Melilla. Most of the traffic handled by the airport is from the European Union. The United Kingdom is the destination with the highest volume of passengers, followed by other European destinations such as Ireland, France Holland and Belgium.
In 2012, it handled 12,581,944 passengers, 102,162 flight operations and 2,711 tonnes of cargo.
Malaga International Airport The Reserva del Higuerón Hotel, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain
The workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region will be held in the Reserva del Higuerón Hotel, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain. The Hotel is located in one of the most prestigious areas of Costa del Sol in Fuengirola, (Reserva del Higuerón-Costa del Sol) with spectacular sea views of Fuengirola’s bay and the Mediterranean.
It is placed in a unique setting close to the best beaches. The International Airport and downtown Malaga are just 10 minutes away. Internet WIFI is included free of charge to all participants.
Enjoy an exclusive promenade and direct access to the beaches of Carvajal with more than 8 Km of seafront promenade, or our shuttle service from our reception to the beach. In the seafront promenade you will find a big variety of restaurants where you can taste Malaga’s typical “pescaíto” and the Traditional Mediterranean cuisine. Fuengirola's beach has received the Blue Flag, this certifies that its beaches are well maintained and equipped with excellent services.
On top of this the Hotel Reserva del Higuerón in Fuengirola (Málaga) was elected as the second best SPA of Spain by Voyage Privé, private club to travel online, who has analyzed this type of tourism in Spain and presented a selection with the five best Spanish spas.
Reserva del Higuerón Autopista Costa del Sol, salida 217 Avenida del Higuerón, 48 29640 Fuengirola Málaga (España) • Tel.: (0034) 951 505 101 Web: www.reservadelhigueron.com
Field Trip The Alhambra in Granada
The Alhambra is a Monumental Ensemble of Historical-Artistic Monuments created over more than six hundred years by cultures as different as The Muslim, the Renaissance or the Romantic culture. The view of the Gardens of the Alhambra, the sound of the wind blowing through the trees together with the sounds of the water, isolate us from the surrounding noise; and our visit becomes an unforgettable experience.
The significance of the Alhambra and the Generalife of Granada, and their influence upon the surroundings, has been historically recognized.
By order of the Regency of the Kingdom, 10 February 1870, confirmed by Royal Decree on 21 July 1872, and amplified by Royal Decree on 11 June 1896, the Alcazar of the Alhambra of Granada, as well as their gardens and accessory structures are declared national-artistic monuments, and Elvira’s Gate is declared incorporated.
In the twentieth century, by Royal Decree on 27 July 1943 the gardens of the Alhambra and the Generalife are declared Historical Gardens.
More recently, at the UNESCO Convention, which was held in Buenos Aires between 29 October and 2 November 1984, the World Heritage Committee proceeded to officially include the Alhambra and the Generalife of Granada on the World Heritage List
The significance of this is that Spain is now part of an international commitment to carefully preserve and protect the Historical-Artistic Monuments Complex and the surrounding area. It is the responsibility of the Spanish administration and the Administrative Body of the Council of Andalusia, to see that the above mentioned commitment is sustained. Wishing you a safe journey to Malaga!!!
For any query please contact:
Dr. Antonio Pazos Garcia Dr. José Martín Davila Jair Torres Observatorio de Marina Head of the Geophysical Unit for Disaster Risk Reduction Real I. Observatorio de la Armada Department UNESCO Seccion de Geofisica Observatorio de Marina 1, rue Miollis Cecilio Pujazon s.n. Real I. Observatorio de la 75732 Paris cedex 15 — France E- 11100 San Fernando, Armada Tel. +33 (0)1 45 68 4122 Spain Seccion de Geofisica Fax. +33 (0)1 45 68 5821 Cecilio Pujazon s.n. Mobile: +34 680 945 713 E- 11100 San Fernando, Spain Mobile +33 (0)6 03 31 79 26 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Mobile: +34 699 870 805 E-mail: [email protected]