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Ohio Seismic Event Hypocenters

Basic Information
Author: 
Bradley, E. A., and Bennett, T. J.
Author: 
U.S. Geological Survey
Description: 
Historical data complied for seismic events in the state of Ohio, by Bradley, E. A., and Bennett, T. J., 1965 with newspaper accounts and various seismic networks (GSC, UTLO, SUSSN, NCE, OSN, and others). Contains 245 records of events ranging from 1700s - 2000s. This document contains 8 worksheets, including resource provider information, the data, and a field list (data mapping view). Fields in the data table include origin data and time, event type, seisometer network, magnitude, depth, and depth uncertainty.
Publication Date: 
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Resource Language: 
English
Available Files: 
application/zip iconZipped 2007 Excel spreadsheet containing Ohio Seismic Event Hypocenter observations
Resource Information
Constraints Statement: 
None
Lineage Statement: 
Source of the data for a particular event. If two institutions are listed, it indicates that both institutions contributed to the solution or that the event has been relocated by the Ohio Seismic Network using the former institution's phase-arrival data.
Resource Distribution Contact
Organization Name: 
ODNR - Div of Geological Survey
Person Name: 
Joe Wells
Street Address: 
2045 Morse Rd.
City: 
Columbus
State/Province: 
Ohio
Postal Code: 
43229
Country: 
U.S.
Phone: 
614-265-1030
Email: 
joseph.wells@dnr.state.oh.us
Geographic Extent
North bounding latitude: 
42.2103
South bounding latitude: 
37.8728
West bounding longitude: 
-85.3638
East bounding longitude: 
-80.2661
Previous Citation
Bibliographic Citation: 
Bradley, E. A., and Bennett, T. J., 1965, Earthquake history of Ohio: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 55, no. 4, p. 745-752. Seeber, Leonardo, and Armbruster, J. G., 1991, The NCEER-91 earthquake catalog: Improved intensity based magnitudes and recurrence relations for U. S. earthquakes east of New Madrid: National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Technical Report NCEER-91-0021, 92 p. Stover, C. W., and Coffman, J. L., 1993, Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, 418 p.
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