| Abstract: | The largest-magnitude earthquake in the past 20 years struck near Mt. Carmel in southeastern Illinois on Friday morning, 18 April 2008 at 09:36:59 UTC (04:37 CDT). The Mw 5.2 earthquake was felt over an area that spanned Chicago and Atlanta, with about 40,000 reports submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) “Did You Feel It?” system. There were at least six felt aftershocks greater than magnitude 3 and 20 aftershocks with magnitudes greater than 2 located by regional and national seismic networks. Portable instrumentation was deployed by researchers of the University of Memphis and Indiana University (the first portable station was installed at about 23:00 UTC on 18 April). The portable seismographs were deployed both to capture near-source, high-frequency ground motions for significant aftershocks and to better understand structure along the active fault. The previous similar-size earthquake within the Wabash Valley seismic zone (WVSZ) of southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana was a magnitude 5.0 in June 1987. The seismicity associated with the WVSZ is thought to occur in a complex horst and graben system of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic units at depths between 12 and 20 km. Paleoliquefaction evidence suggests several major shaking events have occurred within the past 12,000 years (Munson et al. 1997). |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 70033514 |
| Citation Author: | Herrmann, R. B.; Withers, M.; Benz, H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | National Earthquake Information Center |
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| Citation Issue: | 6 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Seismological Research Letters |
| Citation LatN: | 42.5 |
| Citation LatS: | 37.0 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 14 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Seismological Research Letters |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | The April 18, 2008 Illinois earthquake: an ANSS monitoring success; 2008; Article; Journal; Seismological Research Letters; Herrmann, R. B.; Withers, M.; Benz, H. |
| Citation Start Page: | 830 |
| Citation Volume: | 79 |
| Citation Year: | 2008 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | The April 18, 2008 Illinois earthquake: an ANSS monitoring success; 2008; Article; Journal; Seismological Research Letters; Herrmann, R. B.; Withers, M.; Benz, H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.6.830 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Seismological Research Letters |
