An Ongoing 13.5 Yr Hiatus in M ≥4 New Madrid/Wabash Valley Earthquakes: Could People Be the Cause of the “Pause?”

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Editorial| November 10, 2021 An Ongoing 13.5 Yr Hiatus in M ≥4 New Madrid/Wabash Valley Earthquakes: Could People Be the Cause of the “Pause?” David N. Lumsden; David N. Lumsden 1Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Randel T. Cox Randel T. Cox * 2Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. *Corresponding author: randycox@memphis.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1066-0024 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information David N. Lumsden 1Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. Randel T. Cox https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1066-0024 * 2Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. *Corresponding author: randycox@memphis.edu Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 10 Nov 2021 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2022) 93 (1): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210236 Article history First Online: 10 Nov 2021 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation David N. Lumsden, Randel T. Cox; An Ongoing 13.5 Yr Hiatus in M ≥4 New Madrid/Wabash Valley Earthquakes: Could People Be the Cause of the “Pause?”. Seismological Research Letters 2021;; 93 (1): 1–4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210236 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The vast majority of earthquakes in the United States occur along the west margin where North America impinges on the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates. The major exceptions to this pattern occur in the central United States, the New Madrid and Wabash Valley (NMWV) seismic zones (Fig. 1a). These two seismic zones appear to be linked (Mueller et al., 2004; Li et al., 2005) and are herein called the NMWV seismic zone. Because the NMWV region has a large population and is identified on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) seismic hazard maps as having... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.