Comparison of Seismicity Rates in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley Seismic Zones

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Research Article| November 01, 2010 Comparison of Seismicity Rates in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley Seismic Zones Miguel Merino; Miguel Merino Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seth Stein; Seth Stein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mian Liu; Mian Liu Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Emile A. Okal Emile A. Okal Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Miguel Merino 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) Seth Stein 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) Mian Liu 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) Emile A. Okal 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University Locy Hall Evanston, Illinois 60208 U.S.A. [e-mail] (M.M.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2010 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2010) 81 (6): 951–954. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.6.951 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Miguel Merino, Seth Stein, Mian Liu, Emile A. Okal; Comparison of Seismicity Rates in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley Seismic Zones. Seismological Research Letters 2010;; 81 (6): 951–954. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.6.951 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The Wabash Valley seismic zone in southern Illinois and Indiana is a northeastern extension of the New Madrid seismic zone (Figure 1). Like New Madrid, the Wabash zone is underlain by a failed Precambrian rift, which plays a role in controlling the recent faulting (Braile et al. 1986; Sexton et al. 1986; Bear et al. 1997). Paleoliquefaction deposits indicate the past occurrence of large earthquakes in the Wabash zone (Obermeier 1998) that may have been comparable to those that occurred in the New Madrid zone in 1811–1812 (Hough et al. 2000... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.