The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP) ( Japanese: 地震予知連絡会, ''Jishin Yochi Renraku-kai'') in Japan was founded in April 1969,About CCEP
CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19 as part of the Geodesy Council's Second Earthquake Prediction Plan, in order to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of earthquake data in Japan.Geochemical challenge to earthquake prediction
''Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge (NAS Colloquium)'', published 1996, accessed 2011-03-19 The committee consists of 30 members and meets four times each year, as well as publishing a report on its activities twice each year. The CCEP brings together representatives from 20 governmental bodies and universities engaged in

earthquake prediction Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of geophysics, primarily seismology, concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of par ...

and research.Organizations with ties to CCEP
CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19 It has a secretariat within the

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法

History

The first moves towards the committee were taken after earthquake researchers published ''Earthquake Prediction - Current Status and Action Plan'' in 1962. This was adopted by the General Assembly of Geodesy Council with the launch of their first prediction plan in 1964. Following earthquakes in 1964, 1965, and 1968 the EEPC was founded to coordinate future prediction activities.Avances en prevención de desastres sísmicos en Japón. Outline of countermeasures for the Tokai earthquake (Section A)
N Honda, JICA / CENAPRED published March 1994, accessed 2011-03-25
N Honda, JICA / CENAPRED published March 1994, accessed 2011-03-25

Geographical Areas of Observation

In order to focus future work, based on the geological evidence, and as well as the prediction of a Tōkai earthquake in the relatively near future, in 1970, the CCEP designated certain areas of Japan as Areas of Specified Observation or Areas of Intensified Observation.Two grave issues concerning the expected Tokai Earthquake
Kiyoo Mogi, ''Earth Planets Space'', Vol. 56 (No. 8), pp. li-lxvi, published 2004, accessed 2011-03-11 The

Tōkai region The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the Tōkaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes. Because Tōkai is a sub-region and is not officially classified, there is ...

was upgraded to an Area of Intensified Observation in 1974. By 1978, when some of the boundaries were also changed, eight Areas of Specified Observation and two Areas of Intensified Observation had been designated.

Areas of Intensified Observation

* South KantōAvances en prevención de desastres sísmicos en Japón. Outline of countermeasures for the Tokai earthquake (Section B)
N Honda, published March 1994, accessed 2011-03-25 *

Participating organisations

The following organisations are represented on the CCEP:

Universities

* Institute of Seismology and Volcanology,

Hokkaido University , or , is a public research university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded in 1918, it is the fifth-oldest government-authorised university in Japan and one of the former Imperial Universities. The university finds its roots in Sapporo A ...

Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...

Tohoku University is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as or . Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it initially focused on sc ...

* School of Life and Environmental Sciences,

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* School of Science, University of Tokyo * Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo * Volcanic Fluid Research Center,

Tokyo Institute of Technology The Tokyo Institute of Technology () was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a De ...

* Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation,

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was established in 1939 as the last of the nine Imperial Universities in the then Empire of Japan, and is now a Designated National Universit ...

*Department of Geophysics,

Kyoto University , or , is a National university, national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan. The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen gra ...

* Disaster Prevention Research Institute,

* Geospheric Structure and Dynamics Laboratory, Tottori University * Institute of Seismology and Volcanology,

Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a public research university located in Fukuoka, Japan, on the island of Kyushu. Founded in 1911 as the fourth Imperial University in Japan, it has been recognised as a leading institution of higher education and resear ...

* Nansei-Toko Observatory for Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Kagoshima University * Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Governmental organisations

* National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention * Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology * Geological Survey of Japan,

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology The , or AIST, is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tokyo, and most of the workforce is located in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and in several cities throughout Japan. The institute is managed to integrate scientific and enginee ...

*Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department,

Japan Coast Guard The is the coast guard responsible for the protection of the Geography of Japan#Composition, topography and geography, coastline of Japan under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It consists of about ...

Japan Meteorological Agency The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA; ''気象庁, Kishō-chō'') is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism dedicated to the Scientific, scientific observation and research of natural phenomena. Headquartered ...

/ Meteorological Research Institute *

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan The , or GSI, is the national institution responsible for surveying and mapping the national land of Japan. The former name of the organization from 1949 until March 2010 was Geographical Survey Institute; despite the rename, it retains the same ...

Other bodies

* Tono research institute of Earthquake Science * Hot Springs Research Institute,

Kanagawa Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Science and technology in Japan Organizations established in 1969 Geology of Japan Earthquake and seismic risk mitigation Prediction Earthquakes in Japan 1969 establishments in Japan