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ISSN 0075-5613 © 2003 University of Kentucky For further information contact: Manager, Communications & Technology Transfer Kentucky Geological Survey 228 Mining & Mineral Resources Building University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0107 Front cover: Strong-motion recordings of the June 6, 2003, Bardwell, Ky., earthquake from station WIKY.
Contents Executive Summary......................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 2 Seismic Network .............................................................................................................. 3 Data Collection ................................................................................................................. 3 Data Evaluation and Analysis........................................................................................ 3 Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 4 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 7 References Cited............................................................................................................. 12 Appendix A: Providing Preliminary Seismic Hazard Assessment for Paducah Area of Western Kentucky—Executive Summary .................................................... 13 Appendix B: Earthquakes Occurring in the New Madrid Seismic Zone between January and June 2003 ................................................................................... 15 Tables 1. Seismic stations in western Kentucky............................................................... 4 2. Central U.S. earthquakes recorded between January 1 and May 31, 2003 .. 4 3. Seismic and strong-motion stations in western Kentucky that recorded the Bardwell event ............................................................................................... 7 4. Comparison of parameters of the Bardwell, Ky., and Blytheville, Ark., earthquakes........................................................................................................... 9 Figures 1. Seismic and strong-motion stations in western Kentucky ............................ 3 2. Recordings of the Blytheville, Ark., earthquake at station ARKY ................ 5 3. Recording of the Menlo, Ga., earthquake at station BLKY ............................ 5 4. Recording of the Macedonia, Ill., earthquake at station LAKY .................... 6 5. The Kentucky Seismic and Strong-Motion Network and location of the June 6, 2003, Bardwell, Ky., earthquake............................................................ 6 6. Strong-motion recordings from station WIKY ................................................ 7 7. Strong-motion recordings from station COKY ............................................... 8 8. Seismic recordings from station DEKY ............................................................ 8 9. Seismic recordings from station BLKY ............................................................. 9 10. Locations of earthquakes in the central United States since 1974 .............. 10 11. Locations of earthquakes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone between January and June 2003....................................................................................... 11
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