1991 Newsletters - International Tsunami Information Center International Tsunami Information Center https://legacy.itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php 2024-07-31T09:14:50+00:00 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management Newsletters from 1991 2005-05-17T19:34:44+00:00 2005-05-17T19:34:44+00:00 https://legacy.itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1234:newsletters-from-1991&catid=1219&Itemid=1219 ITIC tammy.fukuji@noaa.gov <div class="feed-description"><p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 585px; border: 1px solid #000000;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 125px; background-color: #87ceeb; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><strong>Date/Volume</strong></td> <td style="background-color: #87ceeb; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/products_and_services/newsletter/1990-1999/1991/1991_Jan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="January 1991"><strong>January 1991</strong><br />(Vol. XXIV No. 1)</a><br />(1.67 MB pdf file)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="left">- Moderately strong quake shakes Central Philippines, p. 1.<br />- Powerful 6.6 quake rattles Iran, p. 1.<br />- Earthquake jolts Northeastern Taiwan, p. 1.<br />- Strong Alaskan quake, p. 1.<br />- Earthquake in Hawaii, p. 1.<br />- Quake rumbles along New Madrid fault, p. 1-2.<br />- Earthquakes hit Iran, Indonesia, Mariana Islands, California in <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;November, p. 2.<br />- Eruption of Mount St. Helens, p. 2.<br />- International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 3-5.<br />- Visitors from USSR, p. 6.<br />- ITIC coordination and informational services, p. 6.<br />- ITIC participation in leading UNESCO-ROSTSEA Meeting of Experts <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; on the Promotion of International Cooperation in Seismology in the <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, p. 6-7.<br />- Coordination with UNDP, p. 7-8.<br />- ITIC provides assistance and information to Sydney Water polic, p. 8.<br />- Five-year Master Plan for the Development of a Regional Tsunami <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Warning System in the Southwest Pacific, p. 8-9.<br />- ITIC participation at INSMAO 90, p. 9-10.<br />- ITIC participation at meeting of ISPMNH, p. 10.<br />- List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 11-13.<br />- Progress by the Ad Hoc group for tsunami public educationa and <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;awareness, p. 13.<br />- Fourth session of the IOC committee on ocean processes and climate, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Paris, 27 February - 1 March 1991, p. 13-14.<br />- Fifth session of the committee for Training, Education and Mutual <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Assistance in the marine sciences &nbsp;(TEMA), UNESCO Headquarters, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Paris, 25-1 March 1991, p. 14.<br />- Twenty-fourth session of the Executive Council, UNESCO, Paris, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5-6 March 1991, p. 14.<br />- Sixteenth session of the Assembly, UNESCO, Paris, 7-22 March 1991, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 14.<br />- New National Contace for Peru, p. 15.<br />- Instituto Hidragrafico de la Armada de Chile - name change, p. 15.<br />- Flood proofing conference and exposition, p. 15.<br />- Tsunami travel time calculations [Luch or Beam system], p. 15-17.<br />- Second UJNR Tsuanmi Workshop, East-West Center-University of <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Hawaii, USA 4-7 November 1990, p. 17-21.<br />- Announcements, p. 22-28.<br />- New publications, p. 29.<br />- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 30.<br />- Seismic summary (May 1990 - press time), p. 31.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/products_and_services/newsletter/1990-1999/1991/1991_Dec.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="December 1991"><strong>December 1991</strong><br />(Vol. XXIV No. 2)</a><br />(6.03 MB pdf file)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="left">- 14 August 1991, Vanuatu earthquake, p. 1.<br />- 17 August 1991, California earthquake, p. 1.<br />- Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami of 14 October 1991, p. 1.<br />- Southern Philippines hit by 6.2 earthquake, 13 November 1991, p. 1.<br />- Volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo, p. 2.<br />- Another volcanic eruption in the Philippines, p. 2.<br />- Guatemalan quakes of 18 September 1991, p. 2.<br />- Hazards 91, p. 2-4.<br />- Natural Hazards Society Biennial meeting, 7 August 1991, p. 4.<br />- Tsunami Society Biennial meeting, 19 August 1991, p. 5.<br />- IUGG - Tsunami Disaster Reduction Symposium, Vienna Austria,&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;19-20 August 1991, p. 5-6.<br />- IUGG-Internationl Tsunami Symposium, p. 6-11.<br />- Bernard, E. N., Summary of the IUGG-Tsunami Commission <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Symposium in Vienna, Austria 19-20 August 1991, p. 11.<br />- 13th session of ICG/ITSU, Ensenada, Mexico, 10-13 September 1991, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 11-13.<br />- Kowalik, Zygmunt, and Whitmore, Paul M., Numerical investigation <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska [extended abstract], <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 13-15.<br />- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 16.<br />- UNDRO publishes disaster mitigation manual, p. 16-17.<br />- ITIC Visiting Scientists Program for 1991, p. 17-18.<br />- Director of ITIC visits Chile, p. 18.<br />- Millie Ching retires, p. 19.<br />- Visitors to ITIC in 1991, p. 20.<br />- List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 21-23.<br />- Costa Rica joins ICG/ITSU, p. 24.<br />- 13th Session - Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, p. 24.<br />- IOC Editorial Baord for the International Bathymetric Chart of the <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophyscial Series, p. 24.<br />- Song, Ryom Jae, National Report of the Democratic People's Republic <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of Korea for the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 24-26.<br />- Sanchez Bennett, Eddy Hardie, National Report of Guatemale to <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 26.<br />- Status of the Global Sea-level Observing System (GLOSS), p. 26-27.<br />- Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center, p. 28.<br />- Second Japan-U.S. Workshop on Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 28-30.<br />- Chile holds earthquake exercise in the Santiago Metropolian area, p. 30.<br />- Chile holds earthquake and tsunami exercise in Arica, p. 30.<br />- Announcements, p. 31-35.<br />- Instrumentation/automation - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 36.<br />- Gordon Burton retires, p. 36.<br />- Michael Blackford, new director of PTWC, 36.<br />- Seismic summary (December 1990 to press time), p. 37-38.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <div class="feed-description"><p>&nbsp;</p> <table style="width: 585px; border: 1px solid #000000;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 125px; background-color: #87ceeb; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><strong>Date/Volume</strong></td> <td style="background-color: #87ceeb; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;"><strong>Table of Contents</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/products_and_services/newsletter/1990-1999/1991/1991_Jan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="January 1991"><strong>January 1991</strong><br />(Vol. XXIV No. 1)</a><br />(1.67 MB pdf file)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="left">- Moderately strong quake shakes Central Philippines, p. 1.<br />- Powerful 6.6 quake rattles Iran, p. 1.<br />- Earthquake jolts Northeastern Taiwan, p. 1.<br />- Strong Alaskan quake, p. 1.<br />- Earthquake in Hawaii, p. 1.<br />- Quake rumbles along New Madrid fault, p. 1-2.<br />- Earthquakes hit Iran, Indonesia, Mariana Islands, California in <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;November, p. 2.<br />- Eruption of Mount St. Helens, p. 2.<br />- International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 3-5.<br />- Visitors from USSR, p. 6.<br />- ITIC coordination and informational services, p. 6.<br />- ITIC participation in leading UNESCO-ROSTSEA Meeting of Experts <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; on the Promotion of International Cooperation in Seismology in the <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, p. 6-7.<br />- Coordination with UNDP, p. 7-8.<br />- ITIC provides assistance and information to Sydney Water polic, p. 8.<br />- Five-year Master Plan for the Development of a Regional Tsunami <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Warning System in the Southwest Pacific, p. 8-9.<br />- ITIC participation at INSMAO 90, p. 9-10.<br />- ITIC participation at meeting of ISPMNH, p. 10.<br />- List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 11-13.<br />- Progress by the Ad Hoc group for tsunami public educationa and <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;awareness, p. 13.<br />- Fourth session of the IOC committee on ocean processes and climate, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Paris, 27 February - 1 March 1991, p. 13-14.<br />- Fifth session of the committee for Training, Education and Mutual <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Assistance in the marine sciences &nbsp;(TEMA), UNESCO Headquarters, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Paris, 25-1 March 1991, p. 14.<br />- Twenty-fourth session of the Executive Council, UNESCO, Paris, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5-6 March 1991, p. 14.<br />- Sixteenth session of the Assembly, UNESCO, Paris, 7-22 March 1991, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 14.<br />- New National Contace for Peru, p. 15.<br />- Instituto Hidragrafico de la Armada de Chile - name change, p. 15.<br />- Flood proofing conference and exposition, p. 15.<br />- Tsunami travel time calculations [Luch or Beam system], p. 15-17.<br />- Second UJNR Tsuanmi Workshop, East-West Center-University of <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; Hawaii, USA 4-7 November 1990, p. 17-21.<br />- Announcements, p. 22-28.<br />- New publications, p. 29.<br />- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 30.<br />- Seismic summary (May 1990 - press time), p. 31.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="center"><a href="images/stories/products_and_services/newsletter/1990-1999/1991/1991_Dec.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="December 1991"><strong>December 1991</strong><br />(Vol. XXIV No. 2)</a><br />(6.03 MB pdf file)</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 40px; padding: 5px;" align="left">- 14 August 1991, Vanuatu earthquake, p. 1.<br />- 17 August 1991, California earthquake, p. 1.<br />- Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami of 14 October 1991, p. 1.<br />- Southern Philippines hit by 6.2 earthquake, 13 November 1991, p. 1.<br />- Volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo, p. 2.<br />- Another volcanic eruption in the Philippines, p. 2.<br />- Guatemalan quakes of 18 September 1991, p. 2.<br />- Hazards 91, p. 2-4.<br />- Natural Hazards Society Biennial meeting, 7 August 1991, p. 4.<br />- Tsunami Society Biennial meeting, 19 August 1991, p. 5.<br />- IUGG - Tsunami Disaster Reduction Symposium, Vienna Austria,&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;19-20 August 1991, p. 5-6.<br />- IUGG-Internationl Tsunami Symposium, p. 6-11.<br />- Bernard, E. N., Summary of the IUGG-Tsunami Commission <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Symposium in Vienna, Austria 19-20 August 1991, p. 11.<br />- 13th session of ICG/ITSU, Ensenada, Mexico, 10-13 September 1991, <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 11-13.<br />- Kowalik, Zygmunt, and Whitmore, Paul M., Numerical investigation <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of two tsunamis recorded at Adak, Alaska [extended abstract], <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;p. 13-15.<br />- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 16.<br />- UNDRO publishes disaster mitigation manual, p. 16-17.<br />- ITIC Visiting Scientists Program for 1991, p. 17-18.<br />- Director of ITIC visits Chile, p. 18.<br />- Millie Ching retires, p. 19.<br />- Visitors to ITIC in 1991, p. 20.<br />- List of National Contacts of ICG/ITSU, p. 21-23.<br />- Costa Rica joins ICG/ITSU, p. 24.<br />- 13th Session - Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for the General <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans, p. 24.<br />- IOC Editorial Baord for the International Bathymetric Chart of the <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mediterranean and its Geological/Geophyscial Series, p. 24.<br />- Song, Ryom Jae, National Report of the Democratic People's Republic <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;of Korea for the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 24-26.<br />- Sanchez Bennett, Eddy Hardie, National Report of Guatemale to <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;the Thirteenth Session of the ICG/ITSU, p. 26.<br />- Status of the Global Sea-level Observing System (GLOSS), p. 26-27.<br />- Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center, p. 28.<br />- Second Japan-U.S. Workshop on Natural Disaster Reduction, p. 28-30.<br />- Chile holds earthquake exercise in the Santiago Metropolian area, p. 30.<br />- Chile holds earthquake and tsunami exercise in Arica, p. 30.<br />- Announcements, p. 31-35.<br />- Instrumentation/automation - Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, p. 36.<br />- Gordon Burton retires, p. 36.<br />- Michael Blackford, new director of PTWC, 36.<br />- Seismic summary (December 1990 to press time), p. 37-38.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div>