Recordings from the deepest borehole in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
Seismological Research Letters
By: Z. Wang and E.W. Woolery
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Abstract
The recordings at the deepest vertical strong-motion array (VSAS) from three small events, the 21 October 2004 Tiptonville, Tennessee, earthquake; the 10 February 2005 Arkansas earthquake; and the 2 June 2005 Ridgely, Tennessee, earthquake show some interesting wave-propagation phenomena through the soils: the S-wave is attenuated from 260 m to 30 m depth and amplified from 30 m to the surface. The S-wave arrival times from the three events yielded different shear-wave velocity estimates for the soils. These different estimates may be the result of different incident angles of the S-waves due to different epicentral distances. The epicentral distances are about 22 km, 110 km, and 47 km for the Tiptonville, Arkansas, and Ridgely earthquakes, respectively. These recordings show the usefulness of the borehole strong-motion array. The vertical strong-motion arrays operated by the University of Kentucky have started to accumulate recordings that will provide a database for scientists and engineers to study the effects of the near-surface soils on the strong ground motion in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. More information about the Kentucky Seismic and Strong-Motion Network can be found at www.uky.edu/KGS/geologichazards. The digital recordings are available at ftp://kgsweb.uky.edu.
Suggested Citation
Wang, Z., and Woolery, E., 2006, Recordings from the deepest borehole in the New Madrid Seismic Zone: Seismological Research Letters, v. 77, no. 2, p. 148-153.
ISSN: 1938-2057 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Recordings from the deepest borehole in the New Madrid Seismic Zone |
| Series title | Seismological Research Letters |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Seismological Research Letters |
| First page | 148 |
| Last page | 153 |