Seismic Hazards in the Midwest

Power Point Presentation:

	The Advance Lateral Spread A massive and Potentially Seismically Induced Feature in Southeast Missouri
	Update on Pilot Program to Assess Seismic Hazards in the St Louis Metro Area
	Consequences Resulting from a Major Earthquake in the Central U.S. New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference - Rolla, MO, August 13, 2008 (.PDF of 50 Page Document - 4.8 MB)
	-Bedrock Depths and Relation to Site Amplification Update on St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project - St. Louis, April 29, 2008 (.PDF of 45 Page Document - 6.7 MB)
	Update on Pilot Program to Assess Seismic Hazards in the St. Louis Metro Area Outreach Event for Business and Industry- St. Louis, Feb 1, 2008 (.PDF of 84 Page Document - 14.4 MB)
	Beyond the Obvious: National Economic Impact of the Most Likely New Madrid Earthquake FEMA Region V Regional Interagency Stearing Committe Meeting - Chicago, December 11-12, 2007 (.PDF of 101 Page Document - 11 MB)
	Beyond the Obvious: National Economic Impact of the Most Likely New Madrid Earthquake New Madrid Seismic Zone - Planning Conference I - Branson, Friday March 14, 2007 (.PDF of 89 Page Document - 9 MB)
	Beyond the Obvious: National Economic Impact of a Likely New Madrid Earthquake Earthquakes Mean Business Seminar at AT&T in St. Louis, Friday February 2, 2007 (.PDF of 81 Page Document - 9 MB)
	Site-Amplification Maps For Three Quadrangles in the St. Louis Area, Missouri and Illinois Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting - Sept 28, 2007
	Modeling Seismic Response for Highway Bridges in the St. Louis Area for Magnitude 6.0 to 6.8 Earthquakes (.PPT of 3 Slide PowerPoint Poster - 9.7 MB)

More Power Point Presentation:

Brief Overview of Seismic Hazards for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area (EERI-ASCE Lecture in St. Louis Thurs April 27, 2006.PDF of 26 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 4.4 MB)

What Will A Magnitude 6.0-6.8 Earthquake Do To The St. Louis Metro Area (Earthquakes Means Business Seminar at AT&T St Louis Friday February 3, 2006.PDF of 37 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 4.3 MB)

Seismic Threat Posed By The New Madrid Seismic Zone (Earthquakes Mean Business Seminar at AT&T Auditorium St. Louis Friday February 3, 2006. PDF of 49 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 8.5 MB)

New Findings Regarding the Seismic Threat Posed By the New Madrid, South Central Illinois, and Wabash Valley Fault Zones on Structures in the St. Louis Metro Area (Eastern Section Mtg. Seismological Society of America Mtg., Memphis, TN October 4, 2005. PDF of 34 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 2 MB)

Brief Overview of Seismic Threat To The St. Louis Area Posed By The New Madrid Fault Zone (Earthquakes Mean Business Seminar Ameron UE St. Louis February 2, 2005. PDF of 23 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 5 MB)

Seismic Threat Posed To Structures In The St. Louis Metro Area (Earthquakes Mean Business Seminar Ameren UE St. Louis February 2, 2005 .PDF of 49 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 12 MB)

Brief Overview of Threat Posed By The New Madrid Seismic Zone (.PDF of 107 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 12 MB)

Earthquake-Induced Lateral Spreads In The Western New Madrid Seismic Zone (.PDF of 55 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 13 MB)

Identification of Lateral Spread Features in the Western New Madrid Seismic Zone (.PDF of 28 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 6 MB)

Identification of Landslides Along Crowley's Ridge In The Upper Mississippi Embayment Using Topographic Algorithms (.PDF of 32 Slide PowerPoint Presentation - 3 MB)

Fact Sheet: Soil cover magnifies earthquake energy at great distances across the Midwestern United States (.PDF of 2 Slide Presentation - 200 kb)

Three seismic zones are capable of generating a damaging earthquake in the Midwest.

 

Articles:

Overview of the Seismic Threat in the Central United States

Overview of Likely Consequences of a Magnitude 6.5+ Earthquake in the Central United States

On Shaky Ground Map Showing Vulnerable Parts of St. Louis (.PDFand map from April 23, 2006 St. Louis Post Dispatch article on earthquake susceptibility in the St. Louis area - 6.3 MB)

New Madrid in motion (.PDF of June 23, 2005 Nature Magazine article on strain rates in the NMSZ - 0.7 MB)

Space geodetic evidence for rapid strain rates in the New Madrid seismic zone of Central USA (.PDF of June 23, 2005 Nature Magazine article on strain rates in the NMSZ - 2.4 MB)

Recent sand blows dot the landscape surrounding New Madrid, MO, testifying to massive liquefaction.

Questions or comments on this page?
E-mail Dr. J David Rogers at rogersda@mst.edu.