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Most earthquakes happen near or along the system of fault lines which cover our earth. Some of the most active fault lines are along the East Coast of Japan, the West Coast of the USA and along the West Coast of South America. Earthquakes are the most feared of natural hazards because they occur without warning, including the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake on 11 March 2011, the massive 8.2 earthquake struck off the northern coast of Chile on 2 April 2014 with almost a million people have been displaced and a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on 13 April 2014. On 5 May 2014, a 6.0 magnitude quake strike Chiang Rai in Thailand, while a strong 6.4 magnitude quake shook the Southern Pacific coast of Mexico as well as the capital and several inland states on 8 May 2014. Most recently and unexpectedly, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 shakes northern California, USA. The only question will remain. When and where will the next destructive earthquake occur? The severity and frequency of disasters and their impact on the society will intensify in near future, thus requiring the urgency for sustained strategies to reduce disaster risk. Evaluation of new construction techniques together with increasing understanding of the seismic forces and the building response has certainly contributed positively to decrease seismic vulnerability. Above all, increasing the efficiency of earthquake warning system will provide fast, accurate and robust warnings; even such short notice will still save countless lives and prevent billions of dollars in losses. Against this backdrop, World Earthquake Monitoring & Warning System Conference 2015 is a timely platform to provide an opportunity to learn how to be better prepared for future earthquakes and mitigate the damaging effects of earthquakes as well as to strengthen the capacity to plan and implement earthquake risk reduction strategies and disaster recovery preparedness. Time has been set aside to share perspective and solution for an effective implementation of national building code focusing on the structural analysis and earthquake resistant design of buildings. In addition, at this Conference, you will be armed with latest update on modern methodology of earthquake resistant design and strengthening of reinforced concrete buildings and structures, as well as providing you with clear accounts of latest innovative monitoring and alert system for earthquakes.
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