[1] IASPEI is one of eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).

[3] The activities of IASPEI focus on the societal impacts of earthquakes and tsunamis, with four regional commissions promoting high standards of seismological education, outreach and international scientific cooperation.

[4] In 1899, a Permanent Seismological Commission was created at the Seventh International Congress of Geography in Berlin, and in 1903 at subsequent conference in Strasbourg, the International Seismological Association (ISA) was founded.

[5] On 1 April 1904, the ISA convention entered into force with 18 founding member-states with a plan to continue during next 12 years.

[4] In 1922, ISA became one of constituent Sections of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), taking its present name - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI) – at the IX IUGG General Assembly in 1951 in Bruxelles.