A Note on Recent Seismic Activity in The Scottsville, Virginia, Area

M. S. Sibol; G. A. Bollinger

doi:10.1785/gssrl.52.4.11

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Research Article| October 01, 1981

A Note on Recent Seismic Activity in The Scottsville, Virginia, Area

M. S. Sibol;

M. S. Sibol

Seismological Observatory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

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G. A. Bollinger

Seismological Observatory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

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Author and Article Information

M. S. Sibol

Seismological Observatory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

G. A. Bollinger

Seismological Observatory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Publisher: Seismological Society of America

First Online: 09 Mar 2017

Online ISSN: 1938-2057

Print ISSN: 0895-0695

Seismological Research Letters (1981) 52 (4): 11–22.

https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.52.4.11

Abstract

Six seismic events occurred during 1981 in the vicinity of Scottsville, Virginia. Of these, the three largest (m_b (Lg) = 3.4, 3.2, and 2.9) occurred on February 11, 1981, within a period of eight minutes. The largest event was felt over a 900 km² area and had a maximum intensity of IV (MM). These events may define a planar source volume at a depth of between 5 and 10 km that strikes N40°E and dips steeply to the southeast.

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