INL Seismic Monitoring Annual Report: January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012
Payne SJ, Bruhn DF, Hodges JM, Berg RG. 2014. INL Seismic Monitoring Annual Report: January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012. INL/EXT-14-33937. Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415
During 2012, the Idaho National Laboratory Seismic Monitoring Program evaluated 17,329 independent triggers that included earthquakes from around the world, the western United States, and local region of the Snake River Plain. Seismologists located 1,460 earthquakes and man-made blasts within and near the 161-km (or 100-mile) radius of the Idaho National Laboratory. Of these earthquakes, 16 had small-to-moderate size magnitudes (M) from 3.0 to 3.6. Within the 161-km radius, the majority of 695 earthquakes (M < 3.6) occurred in the active regions of the Basin and Range Provinces adjacent to the eastern Snake River Plain. Only 11 microearthquakes occurred within the Snake River Plain, four of which occurred in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The earthquakes had magnitudes from 1.0 to 1.7 and occurred at deep depths (11- 24 km). Two events with magnitudes less than 1.0 occurred within the Idaho National Laboratory boundaries and had depths less than 10 km
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Payne, S.; Bruhn, D.; Hodges, J.; Berg, R.
- Date of Issue
- 2014-12
- Publisher
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Units
- CRMO
- Keywords
- COMI, earthquakes, Seismic Station Network, Seismograph Stations, Snake River Plain, Vertical Seismometer
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Subsurface Geologic Processes | Seismic Activity