[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] Evansville Earthquake Hazards Maps to be Unveiled February 7th

[Oliver Boyd]

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Evansville Earthquake Hazards Maps to be Unveiled
Includes Portrayal of New Madrid Earthquake Survivor

On Tuesday, February 7, new earthquake hazards maps of the Evansville area
will be unveiled to the public.  The event will take place at the Southern
Indiana Career & Technology Center, which is located at 1901 Lynch Road in
Evansville, Ind.  The program is free and open to the public.  The U.S.
Geological Survey and other project contributors will host.

These earthquake hazard maps are important because the Evansville area is at
risk from both the New Madrid and the Wabash Valley seismic zones.  The maps
can be used by business leaders, city planners, utilities, and emergency
managers to better prepare for future earthquakes.  The maps are also of
interest to property owners and the general public.

>From 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm, a technical program will be presented especially
for business leaders, planners, engineers, building officials, and first
responders.  Continuing education credit will be offered for this session.
>From 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm, the program is for a more general audience,
including home owners and students.

There will be a special appearance by Eliza Bryan, who lived in New Madrid
from 1780 until 1866.  She survived the 1811­1812 New Madrid earthquakes and
left detailed accounts of her experiences.  Eliza Bryan will share her
recollections of the Mississippi River running backwards and upheavals of
the earth¹s surface during those earthquakes.  Phyllis Steckel, an
earthquake geologist from Washington, Mo., will portray Eliza Bryan.

The Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project is funded by the U.S.
Geological Survey¹s National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.  The
Southwest Indiana Disaster Resistant Community Corporation; Purdue
University; the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the
University of Memphis; the U.S. Geological Survey; and the state geologic
surveys of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky are project leaders.  The Central
U.S. Earthquake Consortium State Geologists are also involved.

For more information about the earthquake hazard maps, please contact Oliver
Boyd at 901-678-3463 or olboyd at usgs.gov or visit
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/urban_map/evansville/.

To help planning for the event, please register with
eqworkshop2012 at gmail.com.  There is no charge to attend.

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