Current Understanding of Intraplate Seismicity and Surface Deformation Associated with the August 9th, 2020 Mw 5.1 Earthquake Near Sparta, North Carolina

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Auditorium

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  SEISMIC OVERVIEW OF THE M=5.1 SPARTA, NC EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 9, 2020
  Stephen Horton, University of Memphis - The Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, TN and M. Withers, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Chris Cramer, Memphis, TN and H. Withers, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  361224 (Late Breaking Session)
• 1:55 PM
  SURFACE RUPTURE FROM THE 9 AUGUST 2020, MW 5.1 SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE AND CONNECTIONS WITH BEDROCK GEOLOGY
  Arthur Merschat, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Jesse Hill, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Anne Witt, Charlottesville, VA and Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Corey M. Scheip, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Richard M. Wooten, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Lewis Owen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Thomas J. Douglas, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Paula Figueiredo, North Carolina State University Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Bart Cattanach, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Kevin Stewart, Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Dept Earth, Chapel Hill, NC
  361227 (Late Breaking Session)
• 2:15 PM
  SURFACE DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MW 5.1 SPARTA, NC, EARTHQUAKE
  Paula Figueiredo, North Carolina State University Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC and DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Bart Cattanach, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Thomas J. Douglas, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Anne Witt, Charlottesville, VA and Eric Szymanski, Ann Arbor, MI and L.a. Owen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Jesse Hill, North Carolina Geological SurveyDepartment of Environmental Quality, Swannanoa, NC and Arthur Merschat, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Corey M. Scheip, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Kevin Stewart, Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Dept Earth, Chapel Hill, NC and Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Richard M. Wooten, Swannanoa, NC and Karl Wegmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  361234 (Late Breaking Session)
• 2:35 PM
  SURFACE RUPTURES DURING MODERATE EARTHQUAKES: IS THAT SO RARE?
  Stephane Baize, IRSN PSE-ENV/SCAN/BERSSIN, Fontenay Aux Roses, France and Bertrand Delouis, Géosciences Azur, Azur and Oona Scotti, Institut de Radiprotection et Sûreté Nucléaire, Sûreté Nucléaire and Jean-François Ritz, Géosciences Montpellier, Montpellier and Matthieu Ferry, Géosciences Montpellier, Montpellier and Christophe Larroque, Géosciences Azur, Azur and Emmanuel Mathot, Terradue SRL, Rome and Laurence Audin, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, Grenoble, N/A and Fiia Nurminen, University of Chieti DiSPuTer, Chieti and Paolo Boncio, University of Chieti, Chieti
  361143 (Late Breaking Session)
• 3:05 PM
  NEW PERSPECTIVES ON A NEW FAULT - HOW THE USE OF DRONES AIDED IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LITTLE RIVER FAULT
  Corey M. Scheip, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Jesse Hill, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC
  361225 (Late Breaking Session)
• 3:25 PM
  STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OBSERVATIONS FOLLOWING THE M5.1 2020 SPARTA EARTHQUAKE
  Ariadne Palma Parra, Raleigh, NC and Mervyn Kowalsky, North Carolina State University, N/A
  361226 (Late Breaking Session)
• 3:45 PM
  LINKING TOPOGRAPHIC LINEAMENTS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TO ACTIVE FAULTS
  Kevin Stewart, Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Dept Earth, Chapel Hill, NC and Jesse Hill, Swannanoa, NC and Richard M. Wooten, Swannanoa, NC and Eric Szymanski, Ann Arbor, MI and Sarah B. Wells, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  361228 (Late Breaking Session)
• 4:05 PM
  STATE OF STRESS AND SEISMOTECTONICS IN THE VICINITY OF THE 9 AUGUST 2020 MW5.1 SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA, EARTHQUAKE
  Jens-Erik Lund Snee, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO and Mark Zoback, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  361223 (Late Breaking Session)