<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The 2011 Mineral, Virginia,
Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in Eastern North America</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (GSA Special Paper 509) is now available.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://rock.geosociety.org/Store/detail.aspx?id=SPE509" target="_blank">http://rock.geosociety.org/Store/detail.aspx?id=SPE509</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/509" target="_blank">http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/509</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Horton, J.W., Jr., Chapman, M.C., and Green, R.A., eds., 2015, The 2011
Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic Hazards in
Eastern North America: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Geological Society of
America Special Paper 509, 431 p.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">     The
magnitude ~5.8 Mineral, Virginia, earthquake of 2011 was the largest to occur
in the Appalachian region in more than 100 years. It was felt over much of the
eastern United States and southeastern Canada, caused significant damage from
central Virginia to the National Capital Region, and was responsible for the
automatic safe shutdown of a nuclear power station. It invigorated interest in
earthquake processes, hazards, and preparedness along the Eastern Seaboard, and
responses of the science and engineering communities to this rare event serve
as models for responding to future events. The earthquake provided important
new seismologic, engineering, geologic, hydrologic, and geophysical data that
contribute to the understanding of earthquakes in eastern North America and to
better assessment and mitigation of seismic hazards. This collection of 23
chapters makes these results available for geoscientists, engineers, and
decision makers interested in understanding earthquakes and seismic hazards in
eastern North America and other intraplate settings.</span></i></p></div>
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