Central and Southeastern United States(CSUS) Earthquake News and Information

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Current Seismicity Map for the Central United States, USGS-NEIC (Pop-up Window)

Historical Seismicity map for Central United States: 1977 - 1997, (USGS-NEIC) (Pop-up Window)

Current Seismicity Map for the Eastern United States, USGS-NEIC (Pop-up Window)

Historical Seismicity map for Eastern United States: 1977 - 1997, (USGS-NEIC) (Pop-up Window)

Current Activity

Northeastern United States

• Near-Real Time Source for earthquake activity in Central United States (CERI) < Main source for eq info
  • List of M3+ earthquakes in Central United States (CERI)
  • List of all earthquakes in Central United States (CERI)
• Recent Midwest Earthquake Locations, SLUEC
  • Map of recent earthquakes
  • Map of earthquakes for 1998>
• Recent List of Midwest earthquakes, SLUEC
  • New Madrid seismic zone, SLUEC via USGS with Xerox PARC Map Viewer
• List of recent earthquakes in South Carolina, SCSN
• Earthquake List for East Tennessee and Vicinity, UTGD

Regional Sources and Links

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Center for Earthquake Research and Information at Memphis University (CERI)

• Recent List of Events by the New Madrid Seismic Network
• Historical Seismicity Map of the New Madrid Seismic Region 1974 - 1998
• About the New Madrid Fault System
• About the New Madrid Seismic Network
• New Madrid Fact Page
• New Madrid Seismic Zone, CUSSN, Memphis University (Active?)
  • New Madrid Seismic Zone, CUSSN, Memphis University (Alternative List- Active?)

Arkansas Center for Earthquake Education and Technology Transfer (ACEETT)

• Earthquake History of Arkansas
  • Map of earthquakes in Arkanas
  • Map of Arkansas Earthquake Hazard Zones
  • Estimates of Damage from an Earthquake on the Southern Portion of the New Madrid Fault Zone (NMFZ)
• The New Madrid Fault Zone (NMFZ)
• The Reelfoot Rift
• The Mississippi Embayment Synclinorium
• Commerce Geophysical Lineament

The Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE), a policy center for earthquake engineering and safety for the Midwest.

St. Louis University Earthquake Center (SLUEC)

• Introduction to New Madrid Earthquakes, UTGD
• Nuttli paper on 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes; The Mississippi Valley Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812: Intensities, Ground Motion and Magnitudes - O.W. Nuttli; B. S. S. A., February 1973
• Street paper on 1811-1812 Sequence of New Madrid Earthquakes; A Contribution to the Documentation of the 1811-1812 Mississippi Valley Earthquake Sequence - R. Street Earthquake Notes, April-June 1982, SLUEC
• Central U. S. Earthquakes 1800-1983, General Map of Central U. S. Earthquakes from 1800-1983, SLUEC
• New Madrid Earthquakes, 1975-1995; General Map of New Madrid Earthquakes Located by Regional Seismic Networks:1975-1995

Southern Illonios University, Department of Geology (SIU)

• Earthquake & New Madrid Seismic Zone Information Pages

University of Tennessee Geophysics Department (UTGD) (caution: slow server)

• Earthquake List for East Tennessee and Vicinity
• Earthquake map of Eastern Tennessee and Vicinity since 1996
  • Map of M3+ earthquake of the East Tennessee region since 1996
• Seismic stations- locations of UTK/JIEE and USGS stations, (map)
• List of earthquakes in East Tennessee and surrounding areas, prior to September 1996
• Geology, Seismology and Earthquake Hazard of the New Madrid and Southern Appalachian Seismic Zones: A Comparative Overview, by J. W. Munsey
• Eye Witness Account of the New Madrid Earthquakes; Lorenzo Dow's Journal, published by Joshua Martin, printed by John B. Wolff, 1849
• Contemporary newspaper accounts of the Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811 and 1812; compiled by Otto W. Nuttli
• The Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811 and 1812: Intensities, ground motion and magnitudes; by Otto W. Nuttli ; B. S. S. A., February 1973

Sorthern Carolina Seismic Network (SCSN)

• List of recent earthquakes in South Carolina
• Monticello Reservoir 2001
• Lakes Jocassee and Keowee 2001
• Charleston 2001
• Other regions in South Carolina 2001
• The Charleston Earthquake of 1886
• The Charleston Earthquake of 1886 (Seismo-Watch)

Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory (VTSO)

• Central & Southern Appalachians List, VTSO

Additional Resources

 

• The Great New Madrid Earthquake, Virtual Times
• Panther Across the Sky, Tecumseh and the New Madrid Earthquake, by David Yarrow
• Published Accounts of the Effects of the 1811 and 1812 Earthquakes, Nuttli
• Deformation Associated with the February 12, 1812, New Madrid, Missouri, Earthquake , USGS
• Illinois State Geological Survey
• Indiana State Geological Survey

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