[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] 2009 SSA Special Session on the Mt. Carmel Earthquake

[Robert A Williams]

Dear Colleagues,

There will be a special session at the April 2009 Seismological Society of 
America Meeting titled:

"M5.2 Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Earthquake, 18 April 2008"

Please consider submitting an abstract (January 11th deadline).

Session description:

The 18 April 2008 M5.2 Mt. Carmel earthquake is the most densely recorded 
moderate-sized earthquake to date in the Eastern U.S. It is also the 
largest earthquake to strike the central U.S. in 40 years. The main event 
and 35 aftershocks were widely recorded by ANSS seismographs across the 
central U.S. offering an opportunity to study earthquake ground motions 
having a variety of site conditions including the thick soils of the 
Mississippi Embayment. Based on USGS Did You Feel It reports the 
earthquake was widely felt up to 500 km from the epicenter including the 
cities of Chicago, IL, Indianapolis, IN, Lexington, KY, Atlanta, GA, 
Memphis, TN, and St. Louis, MO. A fairly energetic aftershock sequence was 
also recorded by temporary seismograph networks deployed by the University 
of Memphis and Indiana University. This session seeks contributions on 
source rupture models, geodetic observations, fault plane characterization 
from aftershocks, site response and basin effects, attenuation, and 
shaking effects to the built environment and free-field related to this 
earthquake.

If you have any questions please contact the conveners:
Steve Horton (Univ of Memphis) shorton at memphis.edu
Mitch Withers (Univ. of Memphis) mwithers at memphis.edu
Rob Williams (USGS) rawilliams at usgs.gov

Information about the meeting and abstract submission details at:
http://www.seismosoc.org/meetings/2009/specialsessions.php
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