Earthquakes in Mississippi and vicinity 1811-2010
Open-File Report
2011-1117
By: Richard L. Dart and Michael B. E. Bograd
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Abstract
This map summarizes two centuries of earthquake activity in Mississippi. Work on the Mississippi map was done in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology. The earthquake data plotted on the map are from several sources: the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, the Center for Earthquake Research and Information, the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, and the Arkansas Geological Survey. In addition to earthquake locations, other materials include seismic hazard and isoseismal maps and related text.
Earthquakes are a legitimate concern in Mississippi and parts of adjacent States. Mississippi has undergone a number of felt earthquakes since 1811. At least two of these events caused property damage: a magnitude 4.7 earthquake in 1931, and a magnitude 4.3 earthquake in 1967. The map shows all historical and instrumentally located earthquakes in Mississippi and vicinity between 1811 and 2010. The largest historic earthquake in the vicinity of the State was an intensity XI event, on December 16, 1811; the first earthquake in the New Madrid sequence. This violent event and the earthquakes that followed caused considerable damage to the then sparsely settled region.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Earthquakes in Mississippi and vicinity 1811-2010 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2011-1117 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20111117 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Team |
| Description | 1 Plate: 48.02 x 36.00 inches; Download Directory |
| Time Range Start | 1811-01-01 |
| Time Range End | 2010-12-31 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee |
| Projection | Albers Equal-area Conic projection |
| Scale | 1100000 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |