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4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025
4th General Assembly of the African Seismological Commission - 24-28 February 2025

 

              

Sunday 23 February 2025

18:00

ICE BREAKER

Hosted by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Namibia

Monday 24 February 2025

8:30

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS

 

9:30

OPENING ADDRESS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

IASPEI and AFSC presidents

9:40

WELCOMING REMARKS: MME

Mr. Penda Ithindi - Executive Director

9:55

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CTBTO

Dr Robert Floyd - Executive Secretary

10:15

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

AfSC

11:00

TEA/COFFEE

 

11:30

Seismological network of Namibia

Mako Sitali

11:50

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Challenges in Earthquake Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in the EARS: the ongoing Fentale-Dofen volcano seismic activity as a case study

Atalay Ayele

12:20

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: An Integrated Real-Time Multidisciplinary Geophysical Borehole Observatory

Cansun Guralp

12:50

Seismicity in Uganda and status of the Uganda national seismological network

Lawrence Kabenge

13:10

Evolution and Optimization of the Raspberry Shake Data Center: Managing the World's Largest Real-time Seismic Network

Branden Christensen

13:30

LUNCH

 

14:30

Introduction to PTS data acquisition system and recent developments

Moctar Moumouni Kountche

14:50

The seismic station Troll in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: “Present and Future

Johannes Schweitzer

15:10

IMS sustainment: the long term efforts required for sustaining a global network

Michelle Grobbelaar

15:30

Seismicity of Anker, Kunene Region from dense temporary deployment networks

Bufelo Lushetile

15:50

TEA/COFFEE

 

16:20

Seismicity in Uganda

Tukamusaba Mark

16:00

Distinguishing Earthquakes from Anthropogenic Events in Madagascar

Razafindrakoto Hoby

16:20

The impact of production blast to community infrastructure in Rustenburg

Richard Masethe

16:40

The impact of blasting in communities located near open-cast coal mines in South Africa.

Thifhelimbilu Faith Mulabisana

Tuesday 25 February 2025

8:30

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS

 

9:30

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: IASPEI - History and Present

Dr Schweitzer

10:00

Probing the Heart of the 2014 M5.5 Orkney Earthquake, South Africa

Raymond Durrheim

10:20

Harnessing AI, GIS, and Sonar Technologies for Precision Seismic Monitoring and Nuclear Explosion Detection in Africa

Adeoye Ayanfe Malumi

10:40

Increase in frequency of Earthquakes in Ethiopia in the period October 2024 to January 2025

Monalisa Paidamoyo Muponda

11:00

Lava Lake activity at Nyiragongo volcano (DRC) between the years 2020 and 2021 documented by seismic activity and sulfur dioxide emissions

Munguiko Munyamahoro Olivier

11:20

TEA/COFFEE

 

11:50

Kariba Earthquake 23rd December 2024

Patricia Mavazhe

12:10

The recent earthquakes in Ghana

Paulina Amponsah

12:30

Seismic hazard along the Cameroon volcanic line

Nana Gaelle Vanessa

12:50

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Namibia

Umar Afegbua Kadiri

13:10

Seismic hazard and loss assessment for Calicut, Kerala (India)

Daya Shanker

13:30

LUNCH

 

14:30

Legend and legacy of the Haicheng earthquake prediction: a half century review

Zhongliang WU

14:10

Scientific Investigation of Large Earthquakes in China

LI Ying

14:30

Recent Seismic hazard maps for Sudan

Mohamed  Ezzelarab

14:50

Seismic Risk Assessment and Magmatic Activity in the Fentale Volcanic Center: Implications for Hazard Mitigation in Central Ethiopia

Birhanu Abera Kibret

15:10

TEA/COFFEE

 

15:40

Fault-based seismic hazard Assessment of Kenya

Sophy Kipkwony

16:00

The Haicheng earthquake prediction 50 years after: agenda of development towards earthquake prediction

Zhongliang WU

16:20

Tsunami risk assessment

Monalisa Paidamoyo Muponda

16:40

Advances in nuclear monitoring and earth science research by NDSs in Africa using IMS data and IDC products: The west African model

Umar Afegbua Kadiri

Wednesday 26 February 2025

8:30

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS

 

9:30

Analyses of the life cycle of IMS stations to improve future planning of the IMS network.

Michelle Grobbelaar

9:50

A Database for Seismic Ground-Motion model development in the Gold Mining Region of South Africa

Vunganai Midzi

10:10

SELECTION OF GROUND MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEISMIC HAZARD IN THE MINING REGIONS

Brassnavy Manzunzu

10:30

Study of crust and mantle structure using receiver functions

Mary Muthoni Karanja

10:50

TEA/COFFEE

 

11:20

Recent Seismotectonic Stress Regime of most Seismically active zones of gulf of Guinea and its Kinematic implications on the adjoining sub-Sahara west African region

Ayodeji Adekunle Eluyemi

11:40

ESTIMATION OF CRUSTAL STRUCTURE IN NORTHERN EGYPT USING BROADBAND SEISMIC AMBIENT NOISE (5-50 s)

Hany Adam

12:00

Development of fault community database and 1-D seismic velocity structure for Madagascar

Tsiriandrimanana Rakotondraibe

12:20

Present-day crustal movement and seismic moment balance on major active faults around the easternmost segment of the Kunlun fault, Tibetan Plateau, China

Wenjun Tian

12:40

LUNCH

 

13:40

Could neotectonism assist in the understanding of the current increase in seismicity in South Africa?

Sinovuyo Myendeki

14:00

Seismic Signature of the 25 August 2024 Nqweba Meteorite, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Fenitra Andriampenomanana

14:20

Frequency-dependent attenuation in the crust of north of Morocco

Boulanouar Abderrahim

14:40

TEA/COFFEE

 

15:10

Seismic phase association based on bidirectional long short-term memory

Mahmoud Sami

15:30

High-resolution imaging of the temporal evolution of two moderate magnitude tectonic sequences

Myrto Pirli

15:50

Effect of non-linearity of stiffness during the nucleation phase of an earthquake

Djiogang

16:10

CLOSING PLENARY

AfSC