National seismic-hazard maps: documentation June 1996

AD Frankel, CS Mueller, TP Barnhard, DM Perkins… - 1996 - pubs.usgs.gov
In this release of hazard maps we present numerous maps and data with varying
parameters. The computations for these maps and data used 50 year return periods on firm …

A robust estimation of the 3‐D intraplate deformation of the North American plate from GPS

C Kreemer, WC Hammond… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) is the main cause of deformation in intraplate North
America. Here we use up to 3,271 Global Positioning System station velocities to image this …

Relationship between observed upper mantle structures and recent tectonic activity across the Southeastern United States

CB Biryol, LS Wagner, KM Fischer… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The lithospheric structure of the Southeastern United States is a product of earlier episodes
of continental collision and breakup. The region is located in the interior of the North …

[HTML][HTML] The relative roles of inheritance and long-term passive margin lithospheric evolution on the modern structure and tectonic activity in the southeastern United …

LS Wagner, KM Fischer, R Hawman… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We perform inversions for the shear-wave velocity structure of the southeastern United
States (SEUS) using Rayleigh-wave phase and amplitude data from the broadband stations …

[图书][B] Methods of Mmax estimation east of the Rocky Mountains

RL Wheeler - 2009 - pubs.usgs.gov
Several methods have been used to estimate the magnitude of the largest possible
earthquake (Mmax) in parts of the Central and Eastern United States and adjacent Canada …

Revised earthquake geology inputs for the central and eastern United States and southeast Canada for the 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model

J Thompson Jobe, A Hatem, R Gold… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
It has been about a decade since updates to seismic and fault sources in the central and
eastern United States (CEUS) were last assessed for the 2012 Central and Eastern United …

Multiscale, radially anisotropic shear wave imaging of the mantle underneath the contiguous United States through joint inversion of USArray and global data sets

RW Porritt, TW Becker, L Boschi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
EarthScope's USArray seismic component provided unprecedented coverage of the
contiguous United States and has therefore spurred significant advances in tomographic …

A 15-year-Long catalog of seismicity in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ) using matched filter detection

C Daniels, Z Peng - Earthquake Research Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a detailed catalog of 13 671 earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic
Zone (ETSZ) that spans January 1, 2005 to July 31, 2020. We apply a matched filter …

Lithologic controls on focused erosion and intraplate earthquakes in the eastern Tennessee seismic zone

SF Gallen, JR Thigpen - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new geomorphic model for the intraplate eastern Tennessee seismic zone
(ETSZ). Previous studies document that the Upper Tennessee drainage basin is in a …

Complex rupture dynamics of the extremely shallow August 2020 M5. 1 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake

M Neves, LY Chuang, W Li, Z Peng… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract On August 9, 2020, an M w 5.1 earthquake ruptured the uppermost crust near the
town of Sparta, North Carolina, creating the first co-seismic faulting surface rupture …