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

9:00-18:00

MERC Project Meeting

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 O

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09:30 – 10:30

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 Dr. Alexandros Makarigakis, UNESCO

Introduction of Participants

Logistical announcements

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

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11:00 - 13:00 Keynote Presentation Chair: Eleni Georgiou Morisseau

11:00 – 12:00

Jose Martin Davila and Antonio. Pazos

Geosciences activities of ROA Focusing on Seismic studies at the Ibero-Maghrebian Region

12:00 – 13:00

Elisa Buforn

An Earthquake Early Warning System for the Ibero-Maghrebian region

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

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14:00-16:00 Special Session on Data Exchange – I Chair: Remy Bossu

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14:00 – 15:30

Introduction Workshop Objectives: to collect data exchange needs from network operators,

present technical solutions to implement these exchanges,

illustrate the benefits of such exchanges through existing collaborations

promote bilateral collaborations

establish a implementation plan for interested parties

Workshop Program Rémy Bossu: Introduction

Presentation by participants of the status of their networks and their data needs (10’ each)*

* A PowerPoint template was proposed to interested parties. Interested parties are invited to contact Rémy Bossu or Torild Van Eck in advance (bossu@emsc-csem.org; vaneck@knmi.nl)

15:30-16:00 Presentation by participants of the status of their networks and their data needs. A PowerPoint template has been proposed to interested parties. Interested parties were invited to contact Rémy Bossu or Torild Van Eck in advance (bossu@emsc-csem.org ; vaneck@knmi.nl )

15:30-15:40 Cyprus, by Stelios Nicolaides

15:40-15:50 Egypt, by Abuo El-Ela Mohamed

15:50-16:00 Greece, by Nikolaos Melis and and Ilias Papadopoulos

16:00 – 16:20 Coffee/tea break

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16:20 – 18:00 Special Session on Data Exchange – II Chair: Torild Van Eck Presentation by participants (continuation)

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16:20– 16:30 Israel, by Feldman

16:30 – 16:40 Jordan, by Waseem Allan

16:40 – 16:50 Lebanon, by Rachid Jomaa

16:50 – 17:00 Libya, by Elmelade Abdala

17:00 – 17:10 Malta, by Matthew R. Agius

17:10 – 17:20 Morocco, Nacer Jabour

17:20 – 17:30 Portugal, by Fernando Carrilho

17:30 – 17:40 Spain, by Antonio Pazos

17:40 – 17:50 Sudan, by Indira Mahmoud

17:50 – 18:00 Tunis, by Atef Bouallegue

18:00 – 18:10 Turkey, by Doğan Kalafat

18:10 – 18:20 United Arab Emirates, by Hussian Alhajeri

18:20 – 18:30 France, by Pascal Roudil

18:30 Free Night

Tuesday, October 29nd 2013

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Contributed Papers Chair: Beatrice M. Sole Giambastiani

09:00-09:15 Nikolaos S. Melis, I.S. Kalogeras and C.P. Evangelidis The Hellenic Seismic Network (HL): Recent Developments, Upgrades and Responsibilities

09:15-09:30 Ilias Papadopoulos and Filippos Vallianatos The Hellenic Seismological Network of Crete. An Operational facility in South Aegean (Greece)

Special Session on Data Exchange - III

9:30-10:45

Torild Van Eck:

Status of waveform exchanges in Europe

10:45–11:00 Coffee/tea break

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11:00 -13:00

Special Session on Data Exchange – IV Chair: Torild Van Eck Presentation by participants (Continuation): Algeria, Oman, Palestine and Saudi Arabia, to

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Discussion

13:00 -14:00 Lunch

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MERC Dead Sea Rift Seismological Network Project Chair: Rami Hofstetter

Discussion Topic: The recently approved project’s goal is to build a virtual Dead Sea Rift Seismological Network (DSRSN) that will encompass all existing seismological networks in the region. The first step will be to merge the Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli seismic networks. Doing this will provide substantial benefits to seismologists, engineers, geologists, and public authorities. These benefits include:

Facilitate the development of a reliable earthquake catalog that can be applied to various engineering studies, i.e. improved hazard assessment and building codes.

Facilitate more accurate epicenter and magnitude determinations which can be reported to civil authorities and the public;

Facilitate better definition of define site effect and waveform attenuation. This session will focus on several technical issues among which are organizational structure, strategic goals,

technical standards, data archiving, data processing, and developing a common catalog.

16:00–16:30 Coffee/tea break

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16:30 -18:30 MERC Dead Sea Rift Seismological Network Project II (cont.) Chair: Rami Hofstetter

20:00 -23:00 Workshop dinner hosted by Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada

Wednesday, October 30rd 2013

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09:00-09:30 Contributed papers Chair: Hanan Al-Nimry

09:00-09:15

Sebastiano D’Amico, Pauline Galea, Daniela Farrugia 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

09:30-10:30

Middle East Regional Cooperation Program – Contributed papers 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

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11:15-11:30 Coffee/tea break

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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 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

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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

14:30-14:45

Abuo El-Ela A. Mohamed , Adel M. E. Mohamed 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

15:00-15:15

Hanan S. Al-Nimry, Saddam H. Qeran and Musa R. Resheidat Proposing an Indexing Method for Rapid Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability for Existing Residential Stone-Concrete Buildings

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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

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 Observatorio de Marina Real I. Observatorio de la Armada Seccion de Geofisica Cecilio Pujazon s.n. E- 11100 San Fernando, Spain Mobile: +34 680 945 713 E-mail: pazos@roa.es

Dr. José Martín Davila Head of the Geophysical Department Observatorio de Marina Real I. Observatorio de la Armada Seccion de Geofisica Cecilio Pujazon s.n. E- 11100 San Fernando, Spain Mobile: +34 699 870 805 E-mail: mdavila@roa.es

Jair Torres Unit for Disaster Risk Reduction UNESCO 1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris cedex 15 — France Tel. +33 (0)1 45 68 4122 Fax. +33 (0)1 45 68 5821 Mobile +33 (0)6 03 31 79 26 j.torres@unesco.org