OPEN-FILE REPORT 2006-1017 Earthquakes in Virginia and Vicinity 1774-2004 by Arthur C. Tarr and Russell L. Wheeler Abstract The data set contains location, time, and magnitude parameters of the 31 May 1897 Giles County, Va. earthquake, as reported by the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC). Purpose Locates the inferred position of the epicenter of the widely-felt Giles County earthquake. FILE PREFIXES main Main shock epicenter 31 May 1897 mainpow Main shock epicenter 9 December 2003 mmi1897 MMI intensities 31 May 1897 mmipoly MMI intensity zones 31 May 1897 pde7304 PDE epicenters 1973-2004 seuseq03 Southeastern U.S. epicenters 1977-2003 vanceer NCEER catalog epicenters pre-1973 FILE SUFFIXES *.e00 ArcInfo EXPORT files *.dbf,*.shp,*.shx Shapefiles *.shp.xml Metadata, XML format *.pdf PDF format *72.pdf 72-dpi *150.pdf 150-dpi *.doc Microsoft Word document -------------------------------- Text-Only Version of Report (Section 508) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1017/downloads/pdf/OFR-1017text.pdf --------------------------------