We present the special page of the Sumatra Earthquake of April 6, 2010, where the following information is available:
1) Aftershock Distribution and the Mainshock's Fault Plane by the MJHD Method by Dr. Hurukawa
2) Determination of earthquake magnitudes using duration of high-frequency energy radiation and maximum displacement amplitudes by Dr. Hara
3) Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008)
Please visit http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/special/20100406sumatra.htm

In order to share information on the earthquake, we have established a new FORUM on the 2010 Sumatra Earthquake in the IISEE Alumni Website

(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/alumni/), please post your information to it.

Nobuo HURUKAWA
Director, IISEE

I am a ex-participant on regular group taining course in seismology during 1985-1986. I would like to inform to all my freinds ex-participants, Staff and Lecturers of IISEE that my former Geophysical Departemnt of Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles Lwiro become now: Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma (GVO). It become one General direction from march 2010 and has the resposability for monitoring the Virunga volcanoes, especialy the Nyiragongo and the Nyamulagira active volcanoes. Goma Volcanological Observatory has four Departments which are participate for monitoring the activities of volcanoes. Seismology, Geochemistry, Geothetic-deformation and Technical department.

ETOY Osodundu, 1985-86S, D.R.Congo