43 Intraplate Earthquakes in Central and Eastern USA

Friday, 8 April 2022
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
North Meeting Room 201/202

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  EXPLORING THE EASTERN U.S. FOR EARTHQUAKES OUTSIDE OF THE MAJOR SEISMIC ZONES
  Thomas Pratt, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Reston, VA
  375253 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  QUATERNARY FAULTING IN THE CAMBRIAN REELFOOT RIFT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
  Roy Van Arsdale, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  373405 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  NEW RESULTS ON LATE PLEISTOCENE FAULTING IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE
  Randy Cox, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  374818 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ASSESMENT OF ECONOMIC LOSS AND CASUALTIES DUE TO EARTHQUAKES OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDES AT THE NEW MADRID FAULT ZONE
  Mahmud Afroz, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Mohamed Aly, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  375814 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT INJECTION INDUCED SEISMICITY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES
  Michael Brudzinski, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Shannon L. Fasola, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Brian Currie, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  375781 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  THE ROME TROUGH: A SEISMICALLY QUIESCENT INTRAPLATE RIFT BOUNDING ACTIVE SEISMIC ZONES
  Seth Carpenter, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and John B. Hickman, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Michael Brudzinski, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Jonathan P. Schmidt, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Zhenming Wang, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  375717 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  UNKNOWN SEISMIC SOURCES IN EASTERN USA - THE 2020 MW 5.1 SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE AND EVIDENCE OF RECURRENT QUATERNARY DEFORMATION
  Paula Figueiredo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  373188 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  SURFACE RUPTURE FROM THE 9 AUGUST 2020, MW 5.1 SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE AND POSSIBLE PALEOSEISMICITY: EVIDENCE FROM DETAILED BEDROCK AND SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING
  Arthur Merschat, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Mark Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  375493 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  A TALE OF TWO QUAKES: COMPARING THE 2011 M5.7 MINERAL VA AND THE 2020 M5.1 SPARTA NC EARTHQUAKES FROM A GEOLOGIC MAPPING VIEWPOINT
  Mark Carter, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Mark Carter, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Paula Figueiredo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Arthur Merschat, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Arthur Merschat, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and J. Horton, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and J. Horton, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and William Burton, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and William Burton, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Ronald Counts, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS and Martitia Tuttle, M Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, ME and Russell A. Green, The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, VA and Frank J. Pazzaglia, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA and Jesse Hill, North Carolina Geological SurveyDepartment of Environmental Quality, Swannanoa, NC
  374625 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  THE MAJOR MISSISSIPPIAN SEISMIC EVENT IN SOUTHERN OHIO AND ITS PROBABLE ORIGIN
  Mohammad Fakhari, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus, OH
  375561 (Theme Sessions)