Seismic Hazards in the Midwest

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

-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)

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

-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)

-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

-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)

-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)

-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)

-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.