5 The August 23, 2011 Virginia Mw5.8 Earthquake: Highlighting Earthquake Hazards Throughout the Southeastern United States

Sunday, 1 April 2012
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom, Salon C1

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  USGS RESPONSE TO THE MINERAL, VIRGINIA MW5.8 EARTHQUAKE OF 23 AUGUST 2011
  Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Michael L. Blanpied, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Alena L. Leeds, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Edwin L. Harp, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Daniel E. McNamara, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Richard W. Harrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and J. Stephen Schindler, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  202036 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  THE IRIS RESPONSE TO THE VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE AND OPPORTUNITIES AS THE USARRAY ENTERS EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
  Andy Frassetto, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC and Robert Woodward, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC and Robert Busby, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC and Katrin Hafner, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC and James Gridley, IRIS Consortium, Washington, DC
  202294 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE
  David B. Spears, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA
  202427 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  RELICT PALEOZOIC FAULTS IN THE EPICENTRAL AREA OF THE AUGUST 23, 2011 VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY IN THE FERNCLIFF, VA QUADRANGLE
  K. Stephen Hughes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and James Hibbard, Raleigh, NC
  202175 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  FAULTS DELINEATED BY AFTERSHOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2011 CENTRAL VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE AND THEIR TECTONIC SETTING
  James Horton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Martin C. Chapman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Aina M. Carter, Louisa, VA and Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Richard W. Harrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Robert B. Herrmann, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO and Stephen L. Snyder, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  202006 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF NEOTECTONIC FEATURES IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE
  Richard W. Harrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  201879 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  LIQUEFACTION RESULTING FROM THE 2011 CENTRAL VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE
  Russell A. Green, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Samuel Lasley, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  202469 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  FINDING FAULT AT THE NORTH ANNA POWER STATION: HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVE
  Christopher Bailey, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  202317 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE 23 AUGUST 2011 LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, EARTHQUAKE
  Aina M. Carter, Louisa, VA
  202109 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  THE IMPACTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK NEAR MINERAL VIRGINIA ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  Peter J. Foster, Meredith, NH and James M. Emery, Meredith, NH and Kenneth C. Hardcastle, Meredith, NH
  202389 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:40 AM
  THE LIMITS OF OUR KNOWLEDGE – MAKING THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT EARTHQUAKES
  Richard J. Diecchio, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  202005 (Theme Sessions)