Open AccessTen Years on from the Quake That Shook the Nation’s Capital
Author(s) -
Thomas L. Pratt,
Martin D. Chapman,
Anjana K. Shah,
Jenny Horton,
Oliver S. Boyd
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo162330
Subject(s) - quake (natural phenomenon) , induced seismicity , geology , seismology , capital (architecture) , oceanography , history , archaeology
A decade of study into the Virginia earthquake that damaged D.C. and reverberated up and down the Atlantic coast in 2011 has shed light on rare, but risk-laden, seismicity in eastern North America.