[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Special Session-ES-SSA

[Haydar Al-Shukri]

Dear All:

 

There will be a special session during the Eastern Section of SSA, Little
Rock, AR, October 16-18.  Below is the description.  The meeting website is
http://quake.ualr.edu and the abstract submission deadline was extended to
September 16, 2011.  I look forward to see you in Little Rock.

 

Regards,

Haydar

 

 

 

The Mw5.8 central Virginia seismic zone earthquake of August, 2011

 

On 2011 August 23 at 17:51:04 UTC a large earthquake (Mw5.8) struck in the
Central Virginia seismic zone and was felt from Maine to Georgia along the
Eastern Seaboard and west to Chicago and western Tennessee.  Significant
damage was reported in Washington D.C. ( 135 km away) and minor damage in
Baltimore (200 km). The USGS tallied about 142,000 felt reports submitted to
the DYFI internet community intensity system, making it the most widely felt
earthquake since the web-site began, and strongly indicating that more
people felt this quake than any other  in U.S. history. In the weeks
following the main shock, numerous aftershocks occurred with one as large as
M4.5 and several in the M3 to M2 range. Since 1774, the Virginia seismic
zone has produced many small earthquakes and suffered damage from several
infrequent larger earthquakes. The largest damaging earthquake (magnitude
4.8) in the seismic zone occurred in 1875. In the days following the
mainshock forty-five portable seismic stations were deployed by several
organizations making this one of the best-recorded aftershock sequences in
the eastern U.S.  We solicit scientific contributions from all aspects of
earthquake studies on the recent large earthquake in the Virginia seismic
zone including: strong ground motion, aftershock production, earthquake
re-location, attenuation, site amplification, building damage, ground
failure, and paleo-seismology.

 

Confirmed session conveners:

Daniel McNamara

Steve Horton

Rob Williams

 

Alternates:

Oliver Boyd

Martin Chapman

 

 

 

 

_________________________________________

Haydar Al-Shukri, Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education

Professor and Chair

Department of Applied Science

College of Science and Mathematics

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2801 South University, ETAS 300O
Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
Tel: 501 569-8000 | Fax: 501 569 8020

Email: hjalshukri at ualr.edu
Webpage: http://quake.ualr.edu/hja/hja.htm 

 

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