ISC's EC & GC meetings - Chile 2005 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIRECTOR ’ S REPORT FOR 2004

ISC's EC & GC meetings - Chile 2005

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIRECTOR’S REPORT FOR 2004.


• ISC received more than 6800 data files from 120 agencies

•9% of the data files arriving to the ISC required manual intervention.

•9 new parsers were written and more than 70 were modified.

•ISC’s data base has increased by 3.3 Gb (out of a total of 34 Gb).

DATA COLLECTION


New Data Contributors - 2004New Data Contributors - 2004

Georgia Georgia – Institute of Geophysics, Academy of Science. – Institute of Geophysics, Academy of Science.

KazakhstanKazakhstan National Data Centre. National Data Centre.

RussiaRussia – Geophysical Survey, RAS, Siberian Branch. Baykal – Geophysical Survey, RAS, Siberian Branch. Baykal Regional Seismological Centre, Irkutsk.Regional Seismological Centre, Irkutsk.

ThailandThailand – Thai Meteorological Department.– Thai Meteorological Department.

VenezuelaVenezuela – Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones – Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas.Sismologicas.


New Data Contributors - 2005New Data Contributors - 2005

AlgeriaAlgeria – – Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique Centre de Recherche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysiqueet Geophysique..

IranIran – University of Tehran – University of Tehran

LebanonLebanon -- National Council for Scientific ResearchNational Council for Scientific Research. .

OmanOman – – Sultan Qaboos UniversitySultan Qaboos University..

TurkeyTurkey - - TUBITAKTUBITAK

IraqIraq – Iraq Seismic Network – Iraq Seismic Network..


DATA COLLECTION

Data collected from more than 3000 seismic stationsData collected from more than 3000 seismic stations


Data Processing and AnalysisISC analysts manually review every event that complies with one of the following conditions:

• The reported magnitude is higher than 3.5.

• The event was reported by at least 2 agencies

• The event was recorded at a distance greater than ~1000 km.

An ISC solution is provided when:

• There are more than 4 phase readings (P or S).

• The solution converges successfully.

ABOUT 3500 EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 150000 ASSOCIATED READINGS ARE REVIEWED EACH MONTH


Bulletin Review and Analysis

• Since October 2004, after 3 years of intensive development work, all data review and analysis are routinely performed with the modernized ISClocISCloc software, replacing the 20+ years old REVISER


Bulletin Review and Analysis

• The Bulletin for 2002 was completed; out of 214,683 seismic events, 37,543 (17.5%) were edited by ISC seismologists.

• ISC Bulletin seems to be complete for mb≥4.

• There is still an increase in the number of reported seismic events and phase readings.

• The routine ISC Bulletin editing and distribution legs 24 months behind the last date of occurrence


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The ongoing growth of the ISC data baseThe ongoing growth of the ISC data base


ISC – Data completeness of global seismicityISC – Data completeness of global seismicity

Earthquakes (2002, mb)

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Distribution of ISC Catalogue and Bulletin

During 2004, ISC issuedDuring 2004, ISC issued::

33 printed 4-monthly bulletins for 2002printed 4-monthly bulletins for 2002

The annual Bulletin for 2001The annual Bulletin for 2001..

The updated Catalogue 1904-2001The updated Catalogue 1904-2001..


Distribution of ISC Monthly Bulletin

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INTERNET DATA SERVICES

Over 1,000,000 accesses to the ISC website (24% more than in 2004 and 3 times more than in 2000).

More than 70,000 entries searching for earthquake information.

About 10,000 inquiries about seismic stations

About 5,000 inquiries about bibliographical data (decrease by almost 30% compared with 2003).

About 11,000 downloads of documents and programs.

About 18,000 downloads of Bulletin data or Catalogues (increase of about 25% compared with 2003).


INTERNET DATA SERVICES

Website Usage 2004

USA

.com

Greece

Italy

Russia

United Kingdom

.org

Japan

New Zealand

Turkey

Others

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NEW SERVICES

Links to institutions providing Real-time / Rapid Information about Earthquakes.

Seismologists and Seismological institutions contact information.


ISC STAFFISC STAFF

Dr. A. Shapira (Israel) – Director (Seismologist).

Mrs. M. Aspinwall (UK) – Administration Officer.

Miss. M. Bolton (Canada) – Seismologist.

Dr. P. Dawson (UK) – Data Collection manager & Developer.

Mr. J. Harris (UK) – System Administrator & Developer.

Dr. D. Storchak (Russia/UK) – Senior Seismologist.

Mr. M. Evans (UK) – Web Site Developer (Student) – left June 2005

Dr. R. Lockett (UK) – Seismologist & Developer – Left in Oct. 2004.

Dr. N. Ozel (Turkey) – Seismologist – Left in July 2004.


SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2004.


INCOME

The exchange rate US$ / £ increased significantly once again from $1.77 to $1.92 at the year end.

In fact, expressed in British Pounds, actual contributions from institutional members fell 4.0% from 2003 to 2004 despite the increase in the unit rate of membership.

At year-end, some 9.6% of 2004 membership contribution invoices were unpaid. No unpaid contributions were written off because eventual payment is anticipated in all cases.

Income from printed products was close to the budget and CD sales were greater than expected.

Total income in £ was less than expected by almost 10%.


New MembersNew MembersJoined in 2004Joined in 2004

• Centre de Rechearche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Centre de Rechearche en Astronomie, Astrophysique et Geophysique, Alger.Geophysique, Alger.

Joined in 2005Joined in 2005

• Institute of Earth Sciences, Academica Sinica, Chinese Institute of Earth Sciences, Academica Sinica, Chinese Taipei.Taipei.

• Central Weather Bureau for Taiwan province, Chinese Central Weather Bureau for Taiwan province, Chinese Taipei.Taipei.

• Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia di Geofisica Sperimentale, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy.Trieste, Italy.


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£200,000

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£400,000

Budget Actual

CD Sales

Print Sales

UnpaidMembers

PaidMembers

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£100,000

£200,000

£300,000

£400,000

Budget Actual

Bad debts

Production

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OperationsPersonnel

Income Expenditure


Expenditures

PERSONNEL: Salaries, Pension, Recruiting, Repatriation.

• Salaries follow the UK academic salaries scales.

• Personnel costs were 3.2% less than planned due to the early leave of Dr. R. Luckett.

OTHER OVERHEAD: Building maintenance; computing expenses, travel by both the staff and the committee and the cost of consumables.

•The refurbishments budget of £6,000 was not used.

•The staff travel expenses were supported from other sources.


Expenditures

PRODUCTION: •For the first time in almost 30 years the printing was carried out in the United Kingdom with significant amount saved.

•The decision to publish 3 times a year without phase data was put into operation.

•The cost of production in 2003 was £35,373 and in 2004 it fell by more than half to £16,133.

BAD DEBTSMainly unpaid invoices for Bulletins and CDs.

The LOSS on income over expenditure for The LOSS on income over expenditure for Dec. 31, 2004Dec. 31, 2004 is is £9,700£9,700


Assets

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200,000

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2003 2004

Building

GC Debts

Other Debts

Cash

Mortgage

Creditors

The available cash (cash in the bank minus money we owe) increased from £100,000 in 2003to £165,670 in 2004 . ( This is equivalent of 6 months operation costs.)

The tangible assets (the property) increased from £178,000 to

£189,000

123K

37K


RESERVE FUNDS: £ 30,000 for bank balances required for the exchange rate.

£ 60,700 for computer replacement funds.

NET VALUE of ISC’s TOTAL ASSETS:It is the difference between all assets and liabilities and decreased from £401,500 to £393,000 during 2004. This is well within British guidelines for charitable organisations.

I Apologize for the mistake in the chart.


WE THANK PROF. JHON WOODHOUSE FOR CHECKING AND APPROVING THE THR FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


The estimations are based on the following assumptions:

1. The annual subscription rates for members are at the rates agreed at the Governing Council meeting in Sapporo, 2003. We assumed a similar 5% increase for the 2007 rate.

2. We assume a 3% annual inflation rate for materials.

3. Personnel costs allow for an annual increase of 5%, which reflects additional performance, output and services.

4. Building expenses include some minor refurbishments and general maintenance.

5. Travel costs for 2005 include fares to Chile for ISC staff and Executive Committee members to attend the IASPEI meeting (although travel

grants have been applied for).

Estimate Budget 2005-2007


6. We assume that 3 agencies (units) will stop their subscription to the ISC.7. The Member Contributions are calculated at the exchange rate at the time of

writing this document, which was £1 = $1.9 .8. A drop in the income is predicted in the number of CDs being sold since each

Bulletin will now include a CD containing the entire dataset.9. A grant of £45,000 from the Royal Society has been included in 2005 figures but

no other grants have been accounted for although they will be sought.10. Computing costs include the cost of new equipment this year mainly from the

grant of the royal society.11.Personal costs are based on expenses during 2004 when we employed Dr. R.

Luckett and Dr. N. Ozel. Their positions were not replaced during 2005.

Estimate Budget 2005-2007


Table 1

ESTIMATED BUDGET

2004 Actual

Amounts 2005 2006 2007

EXPENDITURE £ £ £

Publications 16,133 19,690 17,060 17,710

Personnel Costs 290,311 301,950 316,280 333,050

Buildings 15,908 20,130 19,400 19,810

Travel 10,223 21,880 15,148 18,275

Computing 15,638 23,860 13,010 13,260

Other costs 18,774 16,370 16,860 17,370

Provision for write-offs 1,780 8,040 9,600 10,000

368,767 411,920 407,360 429,480

INCOME at $2450/unit at $2570/unit at $2700/unit

National Contributions 331,922 350,740 358,960 378,925

Sale of Publications inc CDs 27,128 20,000 18,500 18,500

Grant from Royal Society 44,725

359,050 415,465 377,460 397,425

Gain or (Loss) -9,717 3,545 -29,900 -32,055

Net Liquid Assets 165,671 169,216 139,316 107,261

£1=$1.9

January 2005

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ISC's EC & GC meetings - Chile 2005 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIRECTOR ’ S REPORT FOR 2004