19-20 January 2015

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AfricaArray Observatory Network

• 51 stations• 48 seismic stations• 27 GPS/met stations• 19 countries• Continuous recording• Data recovery 70-80%• Data availability: IRIS and

UNAVCO • Data retrieval:

– A few countries - real-time using cell modems

– Elsewhere - monthly

Sponsors

Wits, Penn State

U.S. Department of State, USAID

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

National Research Foundation (South Africa)

Progress so far

• Funding:– Supported by a public-private funding partnership; major

contributors – NSF, NRF, Wits, Penn State, Council for Geoscience, corporate sponsors

• Education:– completed: > 55 BSc honours, 18 M.S., 11 Ph.D., 13 Postdocs; – 92 undergraduate students in US– current: 5 BSc honours, 10 M.S. , 11 Ph.D., 3 Postdocs

• Networks:– 51 permanent seismic stations in 19 countries– several temporary seismic networks

• Partners: – Universities in Africa 15 – Universities in US, Europe, Australia 14– Gov’t organizations in Africa 17 – Gov’t organizations outside Africa 8– companies 19– Academic and industry societies 6

Science output: > 70 papers in refereed journals

AfricaArray recent and current temporary networks

• 2012-2015 Northern Lake Malawi – 40 stations in Tanzania and 15 in Malawi; 2015 – multichannel seismics on lake

• 2013-2017 Botswana – 20 stations

• 2013-2015 Bushveld Complex, S. Africa (3 stations)

• 2012-2015 Northern Cape, South Africa (3 stations)

• 2012- Far West Rand mine network (JST-JICA) (10 stations)

• 2015- Northern Namibia – 10 stations

Northern Namibia Network

Northern Namibia Network

Northern Namibia Network

Northern Namibia Network

EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING

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COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

IN 2014

WORKSHOP20-21 January 2014

SeisAn training

OpenQuake training

AfSC Launch

April 2014: Aswan, Egypt

April 2014: Egypt

AusAID short courseGIS in Mining

• James Cook & Wits universities

• Mid-career professionals

• Two 5-week courses in 2014 2 May to 7 June 2013

AfricaArray Field School 2014

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Letticia LootsMSc 2014

Nada El TahirPhD 2015?

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Goma DRC, 17 January 2002

Seismic and volcanic hazardGreat Lakes region, D. R. Congo

(a)(b)(c)Assessment of the hazard of volcanic eruption

(a)(b)(c)Data analysis

Information

Earthquakes

M5.9, 3 February 2008, Bukavu, DRC

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