Name: SYED RAZI KAZIM MAHDI

Nationality: Pakistani

Date of Birth: January 23, 1957

Contact Address: 267 E-1, Street 8

WAPDA, Town, Lahore

Cell No: 0300-5478842

Email: sspkazim@hotmail.com

Educational Qualification: MS in Geophysics

Related Training: i) Diploma in Seismic Instrumentation

& Data Processing from M/S GeoSIG, Switzerland.
ii) Short course on offline Data Processing through SEISAN &
ANTELOPE Software with M/S Kinemetrics, Switzerland.
iii) Short course on ONLINE Data Processing through
ANTELOPE Software with M/S Kinemetrics, Switzerland.
iv) Training in Seismic analysis with M/S LDGO, NY, USA.
v) Training in Seismic Instrumentation Strong
Motion Data analysis with M/S Kinemetrics at Pasadena,
USA.
vi) Short courses FORTRAN Language and
computer packages like M/S Windows & M/S Office

Work Experience: i) Junior Seismologist from 11.01.1983 to 31.12.1985 with

Tarbela Dam Project, Pakistan, Consultants M/S TAMS,
ii) Junior Seismologist from 01.01.1986 to 13.10.1995 with
Tarbela, WAPDA, Pakistan.
iii) Senior Seismologist from 14.10.1995 to 21.08.1999 with
Tarbela, WAPDA, Pakistan.
iv) Senior Seismologist from 31.08. 1999 to 05.06.2007 with
Mangla, WAPDA, Pakistan.
v) Director Seismic Studies, Tarbela, WAPDA Pakistan. From
06.06.2007 to 29.05.2013.
 vi) Chief Seismologist, WAPDA, Tarbela. From 30.05.2013 till
present.
Job Description As Chief Seismologist in WAPDA

i. Technical/Administrative head of the Seismic Studies Directorate which has

been recently established at Tarbela Dam Project for the seismic safety
monitoring of large Dams and Hydropower Structures, under planning or
construction by WAPDA in the seismically active Northern Pakistan. Under the
supervision of Directorate of Seismic Studies WAPDA, a network of 29
Microseismic Stations are operating in the Northern Pakistan and transmitting
the data through VSAT link to Central Recording Station (CRS) located at
Tarbela. At CRS, Tarbela, all the seismic data is processed and analyzed through
latest state of art ANTELOPE SOFTWARE.

ii. Review seismic parameters for existing WAPDA Projects and propose evaluation
of seismic risk studies if required. Seismic Hazard analysis for large Dams and
Hydropower Projects.

iii. Analysis and Interpretation of Strong Motion Accelerographs (SMA) installed in

and around Tarbela Dam for safety monitoring purpose.

iv. Planning for the installation of Micro Seismic Monitoring Systems (MSMS)
around large Dams and Hydropower Projects in the seismically active regions of
Northern Areas.

v. Determination of subsurface velocity for accurate location of microseismic

events. Processing, analysis and interpretation of microseismic data through
latest state of art software.

vi. Review Periodic/Annual seismic inspection reports related to different WAPDA

Projects and implementation.

vii. Review of Seismic and Geophysical reports written by Consultants of large Dams
and Hydropower Projects.

viii. Supervision of the liaison between WAPDA and Foreign Consultants related to
seismic studies in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.

ix. Implementation of Earthquake Drill during felt earthquakes for seismic safety of
Tarbela Dam Project.

x. Meetings with Consultants for planning and survey to install seismic

instrumentations required for the seismic safety monitoring of WAPDA large
Dams and Hydropower Structures.
International Research Papers Published
i) Tarbela Reservoir A Question of Induced Seismicity, Second International
Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineer, June 1-5, 1988, St. Louis,
MO, USA.

ii) Characteristics of Reservoir Induced Seismicity At Tarbela & Mangla Dams, 73 rd

ICOLD Meeting, May 1-6, 2005, Tehran, Iran.

iii) The Kashmir Hazara Earthquake & Its Implications on Jhelum Thrust Zone,
International Conference on Earthquake engineering at UET, Lahore, Pakistan.
September8 & 9, 2006.

iv) Focal Mechanism Studies of Earthquakes Along Main Mantle Thrust (MMT) in Part
of The Hinterland Zone of Himalayan Fold Belt, Pakistan, Islamabad Journal of
Sciences, Vol. 15 No.1 (2005-2006).

v) October 08, 2005 Rupture Along Jhelum Thrust and Post Earthquake Scenario Along
Jhelum Fault, International Conference on Post Muzaffarabad Earthquake Scenario,
November 05-05, 2007, Islamabad, Pakistan.

vi) Pakistan Kashmir Hazara Zone and The October 08, 2005 Earthquake, 6 th
International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineer, VA, USA.

vii) Some Seismological Characteristics of Mw 6.5 Pishin-Ziarat October 29, 2008

Double Earthquake, 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics & Symposium in Honor of
Professor I. M. Idriss, May 24-29, 2010 San Diego, CA, USA.

viii) Seismotectonic Contours of Kashmir Hazara Region And Seismic Aspects of

October 08, 2005 Earthquake, 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics & Symposium in Honor of
Professor I. M. Idriss, May 24-29, 2010 San Diego, California, USA.

ix) Amplifications & Natural Frequencies of Khanpur Dam Project, International

Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (ICEES 2011), NUST,
Islamabad, Pakistan, April 25-26, 2011.

x) WAPDA Micro Seismic Monitoring System For Large Dams & Hydropower
Structures in the Seismically Active Northern Areas & Kashmir Hazara Regions of
Pakistan, ICOLD International Symposium on Dams For Changing World, June-05,
2012, Kyoto, Japan.

xi) Characteristics of October 08, 2005 Kashmir-Hazara Earthquake & Its Connection
With Indus Kohistan Seismic Zone (IKSZ), ICOLD International Symposium on
Dams For Changing World, June-05, 2012, Kyoto, Japan.

xii) Seismic Hazard Evaluation for the Diamer Basha Dam Site, NW Himalayan Fold and
Thrust Belt, Pakistan, Himalayan Journal of Earth Sciences 2012, Proceedings of
International Earth Sciences conference at Baragali, Pakistan.