Modified Mercalli intensity assignments for the May 16, 1909, Northern Plains earthquake

Bakun, W.H.; Stickney, M.C.; Rogers, G.; Ristau, J.

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We use newspaper accounts from the United States and Canada to assign modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) at 90 towns for the May 16, 1909 Northern Plains earthquake. Our MMI assignments generally are consistent with those plotted on Nuttli‘s (1976) isoseiemal map. The earthquake was felt over more than 1,500,000 km2 in the states of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming and the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.

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98819

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Bakun, W.H.; Stickney, M.C.; Rogers, G.; Ristau, J.

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Earthquake Hazards Program, Northern California

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Version 1.1; Revised 2011

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ENGLISH

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0550000

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0400000

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-0900000

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-1150000

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iii, 96 p.; Tables Folder

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This report supersedes USGS Open-File Report 2009-1184

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Open-File Report

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OFR

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2010-1185

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Modified Mercalli intensity assignments for the May 16, 1909, Northern Plains earthquake; 2010; OFR; 2010-1185; Bakun, W.H.; Stickney, M.C.; Rogers, G.; Ristau, J.

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2010

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Modified Mercalli intensity assignments for the May 16, 1909, Northern Plains earthquake; 2010; OFR; 2010-1185; Bakun, W.H.; Stickney, M.C.; Rogers, G.; Ristau, J.