The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in Eastern North America

The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake, and its significance for seismic hazards in eastern North America—Overview and synthesis
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Published:January 01, 2015
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J. Wright Horton, Jr., Martin C. Chapman, Russell A. Green, 2015. "The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake, and its significance for seismic hazards in eastern North America—Overview and synthesis", The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in Eastern North America, J. Wright Horton, Jr., Martin C. Chapman, Russell A. Green
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The 23 August 2011 Mw (moment magnitude) 5.7 ± 0.1, Mineral, Virginia, earthquake was the largest and most damaging in the central and eastern United States since the 1886 Mw 6.8–7.0, Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake. Seismic data indicate that the earthquake rupture occurred on a southeast-dipping reverse fault and consisted of three subevents that progressed northeastward and updip. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) “Did You Feel It?” intensity reports from across the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, rockfalls triggered at distances to 245 km, and regional groundwater-level changes are all consistent with efficient propagation of high-frequency seismic waves...
- aftershocks
- attenuation
- Canada
- damage
- earthquake prediction
- earthquakes
- Eastern U.S.
- elastic waves
- faults
- geologic hazards
- ground water
- levels
- Louisa County Virginia
- magnitude
- natural hazards
- power plants
- propagation
- risk assessment
- rupture
- safety
- seismic risk
- seismic waves
- United States
- Virginia
- water table
- southeastern Canada
- Mineral Virginia
- Mineral earthquake 2011