[CEUS-earthquake-hazards] GSA Special Paper 509 on Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake is now available

[Horton, J. Wright]

*The 2011 Mineral, Virginia, Earthquake, and Its Significance for Seismic
Hazards in Eastern North America* (GSA Special Paper 509) is now available.

http://rock.geosociety.org/Store/detail.aspx?id=SPE509

http://specialpapers.gsapubs.org/content/509



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: Geological Society of America Special Paper 509, 431
p.

*     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.*
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