update: 2014 nevada seismicity nevada earthquake safety council may 2014
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Update: 2014 Nevada Seismicity Nevada Earthquake Safety Council May 2014. Nevada Seismicity 1984-2014 M >= 1.5. Nevada Seismic Monitoring Network. NEVADA Reviewed Catalog 2014. 2014 NSL Reviewed 4798 Located Events Largest < M 4. M >= 3 < 4. Pace: 12,500 for 2014. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Update: 2014 Nevada Seismicity
Nevada Earthquake Safety Council
May 2014
Nevada Seismicity1984-2014
M >= 1.5
Nevada Seismic Monitoring Network
2014 NSL Reviewed
4798 Located EventsLargest < M 4
M >= 3 < 4
Pace: 12,500 for 2014
NEVADA Reviewed Catalog 2014
M > 3 < 4
2014 Southern NEVADA (and Utah)
UT or NV Earthquakes?
M >= 3 < 4
2014 Central NEVADA
HawthorneSwarm
M >= 3 < 4
VC Swarm
2014 Northern NEVADA
Relocations Christine Ruhl Kyle Basler-Reeder: Ph.D. Students – Mogul Sequence“New Results: Initiation of foreshocks on mapped bedrock faults”
From Christine Ruhl and Kyle Basler-Reeder
From Tyler Seaman’s Masters Thesis; Graduation May 2014
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Moment Tensor Solutions
Short Period Mechanisms (~700 for stress inversion)
SATSI Stress Inversion for the Reno-Tahoe Area
Magnitude >= 3, 2010-present: Current USGS Coop and USGS Funding per Network (no CA $$ shown)
Magnitude >= 1 by Network
FEMA Annualized Loss: Utah $88M Nevada $77M
Loss of federal funds for Nevada
• Carlin Barrick/Newmont Earthquakes
• Tahoe station installations - summer
• Noble Energy eastern Nevada
• Induced geothermal seismicity
• UNR URMs
Seismic Hazard/Safety Topics: