NUREG WES-238-023 Northeastern U.S. Seismic Network Bulletin No. 14 of Januarw 01, 1979 Co.piled - March and Edited E.F. Chiburis R.O. Ahner and T. Department Paul 31, 1979 b~ Greha. Weston Observatorw of Geolo.w and Geophwsics Boston Colle~e w. Pomero~, Coordinator United States December Geolo.ic8l Survew 1979 MEMBERS Weston Observatorv of Boston Collese Massachusetts Institute of T.chnolos~ La.ont-Dohertv Geolosical Observatorv of ColuMbia Universit~ Pennsvlvania State Univ.rsitv Delaware Geolosical Surve~ Maine GeoloSical Survew State Univ.rsitw of New York at Stonw Brook Nuclear Re.ula~orw Com.i.sion Uni~ed S~ates GeoloSical Survew NB~ional Scienc. Foundation New York State Ener.w and Resources Develop.ent New York S~.te Science Service - Authoritw ABSTRACT This report in the seis",icit~ Januarw - network. the is northeastern March 1979. Included seismicity for included are t.ables of all data for Guarter. event velocit.'=I States United Rtodels the durin. the the locatiorls, for the for the "'BPS Quarter, epicenters, An Appendix of bulletin Quarters. fourteen station appropriate States are ~eo~raphic and seismicitw stations cumulative ouarterl~ fourteenth the period af and of Also arid describes northeastern United Pase 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Partial or gratefull~ Office GeoloSical S~a~e the from are routinelw and station u.s. border Energy, stations to data some of are provided Mines been of the Geolog~ provided Dept. of by the b~ the of defense the U.S. New and Au~hori~~; Geophysical the bw the events Earth Research, Canada rlear Branch, the Dept. O~~awa. Research and bw the Geological in Inc., Epicent.ral Ph~sics above operational Advanced Edison Consolidated NEUSSN when available. and Resources, to the the the Prosranl; rw u.s the Studies~ DeYelopmen~ operated for lata Service. provided In addition has Science Resl.J Research; Earthoual<.e and Resources New York arId Westorl of Comparl~ of EnerS~ to support Nuclear Geoph~sics Founda~iorl' New Yor~, State Data of Office Surve"" Science Ssfet~ Reactor Networ~.(NEUSSN) providin~ u.s. the the for agencies Seisnlic A~encies include of variolJs U.S. Northeastern NEUSSN Commission, Na~iorlal from ac~.nowledsed. members 01 York support the of operation is full Office Surve~. support, ProJect.s of eQuipment Asenc'd Environmental Page 3 INTRODUCTION Station Quarter are surrlmarized of formats and operations the in figures and five are described in a .eoSraphic map of tables three for results seisllicit~ tab,les (the section the EXPLANATION OF TABLES). 1 Fi'-ure were 3 operational are the is durin. of "laps cumulative reportin. seismicitw period those which the for from the reportins that period 1975, we-re- which Figures period; October ea rthol.Jakes NEUSSN stations 2 and and for in respectivel!:l' felt are showr. b~ red s~mbols. Table Table 2 reporting 1 is is Table as 5 lists bein~ number Table Table mi c roea rthol.Jal<.es Table chronological azimuths, 2; of list 3 4 1 i.sts that to of epicenters durin. for foreshocks, the times, the events period; reportin. be definitelw that did not an acceptable the aftershocl<.s, not obtain stations; and periods could or eart.houakes operatirls arrival during occurrins of station lists amplitlJdes, events arrivals list location period; distances, in a . produce identified a 5u~~icient solution Pase 4 SEISMICITY During the were ea rtholJakes United States included ot foreshocl<.s, 2.0 the 1.5 to 3.5. less. u.s. aftershocks, 5 suspected or detected - March 1979, and located in border. a total in the In addition, had epicenters The I)a~nitudes from JarllJar~ or offshore. which f;..i lometers 1 ists period 3 Canada at northeastern are ea rthoua"-.es but Table were 4 15 within 100 22 includes and microearthouakes, and Table 5 earthQua~.es. of the 15 earthGua~.es The ma~nitudes of the in events Table in 2 ranse Table 4 are Pa~e 5 OF TABLES EXPLANATION Table Table 1: List of Operating 1. Station code. 2. Station latitude, 3. Statior. lonsitude, desrees 4. Station elevatior., meters. 5. Geo~raphic 6. Network desrees Stations. north. west. location. operator. 2: Epicenter List. 1. Event date, felt data. ori~in 2. Epicenter deter~ined b~: WES-Weston Observator~ LDO-Lamont-Dohert~ Geolo~ical Observator~ EPB-Earth Ph~sics Branch, Ottawa. 3. Origin time(UTC), Event 6. E~ent depth, kilometers. 0 k. or 18 k. (Canada) lon~itude, de~rees are Depths of restrained 7 RHS error 8. 95X confidence and len~ths(km) 9. Event ma~nitude: Hn-Nuttli L~ lIa~nitude Hc-Coda duration ms~nitude(WES) Event na~e, de.rees. 5. 3: ~eo~raphic time(UTC) 4. Event latitl~de, Table Seismic of (sec) data 1. Ever.t date, felt data. 2. Station code. least-sOIJares ellipse data: of semi-major 0 km(U.S.) val'~es. location. semi-major and -minor azimuth, a>{es. ~eo~raphic name, list. origin ti.e(UTC), and Page 6 3. Emersent(e) or i.pulsive(i); phase twpe(P,P~,P*,Pn,S,Ss,S*,Sn). If implJlsive, direction of first !fIotion irlcluded: compression(c) or dilatation(d). 4. Station 5. Epicentral arrival is also tiwle(UTC). distarlce, ~.nl. 6. Statiorl azimlJth, des 7. Peak.-to-peak .round motion, in millimicrons, "laxi~IJm envelope ampl itude of vertical-co~porlerlt si.nal, corrected for s~ste~ response. 8. Period, in sec, of ~he signal ampl i~ude was measlJred. 9. Mn as calculated from amplitlJde, fro~ of the which period, distance. 10. Hc=2.23LoS(D)+0.12Los(k)-2.36. where D is the coda duration. in sec. and ~, is the epicerltral distance. Table 4: 1. Tab 1 e 5: Foreshocks. in ~."'. Aftershocks. Event date, ori~in statior., ma~nitude, Suspected and The format for this Tables 2 and 3. and Microearthouakes. time(UTC), nearest recordins and ~eosraphic re~ion. Poo r 1 w-Located table is Ea rthotJa~.es a combination . of those for Pa,cje 7 APPENDIX VELOCITY MODELS USED FOR 'EPICENTER LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES VEL REGION km/sec Northern To DEPTH sec km 6.1 6.6 8.1 0.0 0.5 6.3 0.0 4.0 35.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 1.0 6.0 5.9 0.0 0.0 Southeastern NY and northern New Jersew(LDO) 5.98 6.62 8.1 0.0 1.0 6.5 0.0 7.0 35.0 New En~land(WES) 5.31 6.06 6.59 8.10 0.0 0.16 1.78 6.72 0.0 0.88 13.09 34.60 New Y.ork and Adirondacks(LDO) Attica, Blue New York(LDO) Mtn. Lake, New York(LDO) --- North Latitude, degrees (I) Q) Q) H ~ Q) '0 , Q) '0 =' +I ~ C 0 ~ +I (I) Q) ~ Figure 1. Seismic January stations operating - March 1979. during the period North 0 a> v 0 0 ,... V w v 0 It) V Latitude, 0 V V degrees 0 ~ V 0 C\J V 0 V 0 0 0 0 V m J<) a> r<> 0 V to 0 w w 0 a) w 0 0 ~ I/) Q) Q) ~ 0-. Q) 0 N I"- '0 , Q) '0 :3 ~ t7\ C 0 H ~ I/) Q) ~ 0 V I"- 0 <D I"- 0 (1) t- 0 0 CD Figure 2. Earthquake January - epicenters March 1979. during the period ~ North 0 0 0 0 CD V t"V <D V v 0 to to 0 V V degrees 0 p') N v V - 0 V 0 0 0 0 V m ~ CO J(') "J 0 V CD an Latitude, -;;; A :~ - . . 0 CD to 0 0 toU1 Q) Q) 0 ~ C\J 0IrQ) ~ U) ~ ~ rtj , Q) rtj 0 ~ -4.1 ~ V or-! r01 s: 0 ~ -4.1 0 U1 CD Q) r~ Qj ~ Qj > rzJ ~ Qj bO ~ or-4 tn . > rzJ Qj 0. or-4 ~ :I 2: -4 U) ~ ~ Qj > rzJ ~ t-4 Qj r&. . -4 0 a> PO- - ..." 0 0 (1) Figure 3. Earthquake epicenters October 1975 - during March 1979 the period TABLEt LIST OF OPERATING SEISMIC STATIONS BY STATE JANUARY - MARCH 1979 STA ID LATITUDE de~rees LONGITUDE ELEVATION de~rees meters OPERATOR CANADA,STATIONS'USED FOR LOCATIONS IN THIS BULLETIN GNT LMG MIG MNG OTT POC 72.3720W 70.3267W 75.9667W 68.7700W 75.7158W 70.0400W 10 419 199 564 77 61 GENTILLY,PG LA MALBAIE,PG MANIWAKI,PG MANICOUAGAN,PG OTTAWA,PO LA POCATIERE,PG EPB EPB EPB EPB EPB EPB 73.3839W 73.4113W 72.5232W 72.4667W 71.8516W 72.2505W 69 342 24 113 110 149 BROOKFIELD,CT WES ELLSWORTH,CT HADDAM,CT MOODUS(COMSTOCKBRIDGE) N STONINGTON,CT STORRS,CT WES WES WES WES WES 39.3461N 38.7414N 39.7042N 75.6767W 75.4144W 75.7082W 18 15 46 BLACKBIRD,DE GEORGETOWN,DE NEWARK,DE DGS DGS DGS 47.0817N 44.6317N 46.9325N 47.0586N 47.1304N 47.0876N 47.1881N 47.0113N 47.0890N 44.7392N 44.6564N 46.1599N 45.6555N 45.2436N 44.2597N 69.0233W 68.7893W 68.1208W 69.0989W 69.1524W 69.1687W 69.2767W 69.2650W 69.4957W 67.4894W 69.6408W 67.9867W 70.2426W 69.0403W 70.2551W 240 80 250 304 402 259 490 365 430 20 79 209 378 140 113 ALLAGASH,ME BUCKSPORT,ME CARIBOU,ME DICKEY,ME DICKEY(KELLY MTN),ME DICKEY(CARTER BROOK),ME DICKEY(ROCKY MTN),ME DICKEY(BROWNSBROOK),ME DICKEY(TWO MILE STREAM), EAST MACHIAS,ME HINCKLEY,ME HOULTON,ME JACKHAN,ME HILO,ME TURNER,HE WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES WES 70.1350W -85 CAPE COD,HA HIT 46.3630N 47.5484N 46.3667N 50.5300N 45.3939N 47.3600N CONNECTICUT BCT ECT HDH MDl NSC UCT 41.4933N 41.8346N 41.4857N 41.5529N 41.4807N 41.8317N DELAWARE BBD GTD NED MAINE AGH DPH. CDH D1A D2A D3A D4A D5A D6A EHM HKH HNHE JKH HIH TRH MASSACHUSETTS COD 41.6856N PAGE 2 OF 3 TABLE 1 Continued 42.0686N 41.7167N 42.6403N 42.5064N 42.3389N 42.4566N 42.3847N 42.6106N DUX FLR GLO HRV LNX QUA WES WFH 70.7678W 71.1215W 70.7272W 71.5583W 73.2724W 72.3738W 71.3221W 71.4906W 27 52 15 180 345 201 60 87 DUXBURY,MA FALL RIVER,MA GLOUCESTER,MA HARVARD,MA LENOX,MA QUABBIN ,MA WESTON,MA WESTFORD,MA HIT WES HIT HIT WES WES WES HIT NEW HAMPSHIRE . BNH DNH HNH ONH PNH WNH 44.5906N 43.1225N 43.7053N 43.2792N . 43.0942N 43.8683N 71.2564W 70.8948W 72.2856W 71.5055W 72.1358W 71.3997W 472 24 180 280 659 220 BERLIN,NH DURHAH,NH HANOVER,NH OAKHILL,NH PITCHER HTN,NH WHITEFACE,NH WES HIT WES HIT HIT HIT JERSEY GHTN GPD LVNJ OGD paN PRIN RAHA 40.8825N 41.0177N 40.8095N 41.0667N 41.0073N 40.3668N 41.0952N 74.1845W 165 74.4608W 360 74.7515W 201 74.6166W -363 75.0858W 229 74.7178W 110 74.2140W 247 GARRET HOUNTAIN,NJ GREEN POND,NJ LONG VALLEY,NJ OGDENSBURG,NJ PAHAQUARRY,NJ PRINCETON,NJ RAHAPO,NJ YORI< ALX APH BGR BING BLM CANY CLIN CLY CROG CTR DANY DBM DNY DPL EGN GOB GSC IPS AMNH MEDY MSNY OCN OSB PAL PNY 44.3225N 43.8413N 44.8288N 42.0757N 41.3297N 42.9255N 41.8750N 43.8513N 43.9050N 43.8741N 44.7583N 41.2944N 42.8363N 41.2528N 43.8596N 41.3294N 41.2661N 41.2672N 40.7808N 43.1818N 44.9983N 43.8848N 41.3603N 41.0042N 44.8341N 75.9280W 74.4970W 74.3742W 75.9767W 73.9550W 78.8528W 73.8490W 74.4490W 75.4125W 74.4600W 73.8357W 73.9750W 78. 1688W 73.9108W 74.4818W 73.9219W 74.0039W 73.9483W 73.9738W 78.3903W 74.8620W 74.5293W 73.9239W 73.9091W 73.5550W 122 564 329 408 134 192 168 579 244 585 507 27 381 67 549 150 110 0 0 186 55 701 212 91 177 ALEXANDERBAY,NY AIRPORT HANGAR,NY BANGOR,NY BINGHAHTON,NY BLUH,NY CANISUS,NY CLINTON,NY CRYSTAL LAKE,NY CROGHAN,NY CASTLE ROCK,NY DANNEHORA,NY DUNDERBURGHTN,NY DERSAH,NY DELLI PAOLI,NY EAGLES NEST,NY GOBBELET,NY GIRL SCOUT CAHP,NY HANHATTAN,NY HEDINA,NY HASSENA,NY OVER CASTLE ROCK,NY OSBORN,NY PALISADES,NY PLATTSBURG,NY LDO LDO LDO LDO CON* LDO LDO LDO LDO LDO LDO CON* LDO CON* LDO CON* CON* CON* LDO LDO LDO LDO CON* LDO LDO PAGE 3 OF 3 TABLE 1 Continued PTN SANY SNP SPS SRM STL TBR UWL WGL WND WNY WPNY WPR WVLY 44.5725N 43.1738N 41.2408N 41.3019N 41.2283N 41.1886N 41.1417N 43.8378N 41.3589N 42.3375N 44.3910N 41.8030N 41.2546N 42.4708N 74.9828W 78.8703W 73.9711W 73.8905W 74.0139W 74.0036W 74.2222W 74.5433W 73.8994W 74.1525W 73.8595W 73.9707W 73.5856W 78.5683W 238 172 30 168 165 125 261 561 152 602 598 76 152 600 POTSDAH,NY SANBORN,NY STONEY PT,NY ST PETERS SCHOOL,NY SCHERHAN,NY STILES,NY TABLE ROCK,NY UTOWANALAKE,NY WEGEL,NY WINDHAH,NY WILHINGTON,NY WESTPARK,NY WARDPOUND RIDGE,NY WEST VALLEY,NY L D0 L D0 CI0 N * C0 N * C0 N * C0 N * L D0 L D0 CI0 N L.D0 L.D0 L D0 L D0 L D0 80.3333W 79.9833W 76.3506W 75.1333W 77.8650W 0 0 0 0 352 BEAVER,PA ERIE,PA HILLERSVILLE,PA ABINGTON,PA STATE COLLEGE,PA PSU PSU HSC PSU PSU 72.5853W 73.1458W 72.1709W 72.9517W 73.0533W 72.8008W 73.1811W 72.6278W 72.6067W 30 0 85 370 36 6 29 5 580 13 4 262 240 BALTIHORE,VT COLCHESTER,VT DERBY,VT FLETCHER,VT WE L D0 WEs L D0 WE s L D0 L D0 L D0 L D0 * PENNSYLVANIA BVR ERI HVL PHI SCP 40.7000N 42.1333N 39.9992N 40.1166N 40.7950N RHODE ISLAND VERMONT BVT COV DVT FLET IVT HARL HDV HGVT HPVT 43.3488N 44.5777N 44.9620N 44.7228N 43.5221N 42.8383N 43.9991N 44.9136N 44.2783N IRA,VT HARLBORO,VT HIDDLEBURY,VT HONTGOHERY,VT HONTPELIER,VT s * STATION CODES NOT ALL CLEARED THROUGHNEIC OPERATORCODE . 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L6J lJ.. 0..00..00..00 L6J ..J- ~~ 0 J .001* f"-~ 0 J .001* ~ ~ I- TABLE 3 EARTHQUAKEDATA LIST NORTHEASTERNUNITED STATES AND ADJACENT REGIONS JANUARY - MARCH 1979 ARRIVAL STA PHASE --- 1979JAN010413 HNH HNH BVT BVT IVT IVT BNH BNH WES WES QUA ePS eSS ePS eSS eP* eS. eP. eSs ePS eSS eSS 1979JAN070922 HDH ePS HDH eSS UCT ePS UCT eSS NSC ePS NSC eSS ECT ePS ECT eSS BCT ePs BCT eSS LNX eSS DIST AZ PERIOD MAGNITUDE NH,SOUTHEAST OF BRISTOL 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 CT,EAST GLASTONSURY 22 53.8 28km 171dS 22 56. 7 28~,m 171ds 22 53. 9 29~.nl 68ds 22 57. 2 29~.m 68ds 23 00. 2 66~.m 115ds 2~ 08. 1 66~.m 115ds 23 01.0 71~.m 279ds 23 09.5 71 ~.m 279dS 23 01. 2 73~.m 249ds 23 09. 6 73~.nl 249ds 23 14. 2 89~.nl 320ds 1979JAN14 0701 PTN ePS 07 PTN eSS 07 BGR ePS 07 BGR eSS 07 HSNY eSS 07 WNY ePS 07 WNY eSS 07 DANY ePS 07 DANY eSS 07 APH ePS 07 APH eSS 07 PNY ePS 07 PNY egg 07 HDV eP* 07 HDV eS* 07 AMP 56. 5 03.4 00.6 09.6 07.0 18. 7 06.9 21.6 07.9 22.2 24.5 57~.. 292ds 57km 292ds 80km 257ds 80k. 257d. 115km 271d. 115~.m 271d. 123k. 14d. 123~.m 14ds 1281<.m 169dS 128~.m 169d. 133~.m 208dS NY,SANTA CLARA 01 52.5 27~.m 01 55. 8 27~.m 01 53. 5 35~.nl 01 58. 0 35~.nl 02 02. 1 50~.m 01 58. 5 66~.nl 02 07. 2 66~.nl 01 58. 5 68~.m 02 06. 6 68~.m 02 00. 9 83~.nl 02 10. 8 83~.nl 02 02.1 91~.nl 02 13. 0 91~.m 02 08. 2 134~~m 02 24.1 134~.m 268ds 268ds 38ds 38ds 340ds 108ds 108ds 73ds 73ds l72ds l72ds 72ds 72ds 1l8ds l18ds 1.59Mc 1.57Hc 1.67Hc 3mu O.lsec 1.89Hn O.2sec 1.93Hn 51TIU 1.61Hc 1.16Hc 1.19Hc 1.19Hc Page TABLE 3 (Continued) STA PHASE --- ARRIVAL 1979JAN171256 NJ,OFF PRIN ePS 12 56 33. 4 PRI NeSS RAHA ePS GPD . ePs GPD eSS TBR ePS TBR eSS WPR ePS WPR eSs BCT eP* HDH eF'* WPNY eF'* ECT eF'* NSC ePn UCT ePn 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 56 42. 9 35. 0 35. 4 46.B 35.0 45. 1 35.6 46.3 40. 2 45. 6 45. B 46.0 51. 6 50. B DIST AZ AMP PERIOD 2 of 5 HAGNITUDE "'- SANDY HOOK B5~.m 273dS B5~.m 273dS 95~.m 334ds 99~.m 321dS 99~.m 321dS 1 OO~."I 335ds 100~~"1 335ds 1 03~.m 6ds 103km 6ds 132~.m 12ds 163~.m 3Bds 165~.m 353ds 169km 9ds 203~.m SOds 20B~~m 36ds 2.10Hc 8nllJ INT. II 122d. 173d~ 271d~ 78d. 262d~ 262d~ 143d~ 72mtJ 79d~ 79d~ 336d~ 180d~ 270d~ 15mlJ 150d~ 259d~ 12rrlu 99d~ 9mu 163d~ 93d~ 1979JAN29 0635 FLET iPsD 06 COV iPsC 06 PNY iPsD 06 HGVT iPsD 06 DANYePs 06 DANY e** 06 HPVT iPsD 06 ~ DVT i PsD 06 DVT e** 06 HNT ePs 06 HDV ePs 06 BGR iPsD 06 HNH e** 06 PTN iPnC 06 BNH ePn 06 BVT ePn 06 HKH ePn 06 VT,NORTH HERO 35 49.7 22km 35 50.7 28km 35 50.7 29km 35 53. 0 46~.RI 35 54.2 52km 36 00. 8 52~.m 35 58. 0 77~.m 35 59. 1 82~.m 36 08. 5 82~.m 35 59. 5 82~,m 36 00. 4 92~,m 36 00. 6 94~.RI 36 09.8 144km 36 08.6 145km 36 10.1 156~.m 36 13.1 172km 36 26.0 282km 1979JAN30 1630 PRIN eP 16 PRIN eS 16 AHNH eP 16 GHTN eP~ 16 LVNJ eP~ 16 GPD eP~ 16 TBR eP~ 16 paN eP~ 16 SNP eP~ 16 WPR eP~ 16 WGL eP~ 16 NED eP~ 16 BCT iP~C 16 WPNYeP~ 16 ECT iP~C 16 Continued NJ,CHEESEOUAKE FELT 30 58.6 39km 278ds 31 03.3 39knl 278ds 25ds 31 01.2 57km 6ds 31 02.3 63km 31 02.9 69knl 323dS 31 04.6 79k.m 348ds 2ds 31 06.5 91km 31 08.5 104km 318ds 13ds 31 08.6 105k.m 31 10.7 118~~m 29ds 15dS 31 10.8 119km 31 12.5 141k.m 242ds 29ds 31 15.5 150k.m 8ds 31 18.2 167k.m 31 19.7 18311:.m 23ds O.2sec 2.27Hn 2.24Mc 2.20Mc 2.15Mc O.lsec 3.19Hn 2.54Hc O.lsec 2.72Hn 2.45Hc O.lsec O.l"Sec 2.64Mn 2.59Mn 2.54Hc 2.64Hc Page TABLE 3 (Continued) STA PHASE --- HDH UCT LNX BNH HKH eP~ eP* eP* eF'* eP* ARRIVAL 16 16 16 16 16 31 31 31 32 32 21.4 27.1 27.5 03.9 13.3 DIST AZ 195i'..m 48ds 45ds 20dS 27dS 37dS 2381<.m 239km 535Jc.m 613Jc.m AMP PERIOD 63nlu 64nllJ O.lsec O.lsec J of MAGNITUDE 3.55Hn 3.56Hn 3.50Mc 3.46Mc 1979JAN312142 VT,LUDLOW BVT iP C 21 42 02.0 6~.m 130d~ BVT e** 21 42 02. 7 6~.m 130d~ IVT iPSC 21 42 07.1 37~.m 295d~ IVT e** 21 42 11. 5 37~.m 295d~ HNH ePS 21 42 08. 4 46~.m 39d~ HNH e** 21 42 14. 0 46~.nl 39d~ MARL ePS 21 42 10.8 62km 192d~ MARL e** 21 42 18.5 62km 192d~ MDV ePS 21 42 13.7 81km 328d~ QUA ePS 21 42 18.1 106km 168d~ QUA e** 21 42 30.7 1 0 61-:. nl 168d~ FLET ePn 21 42 24.9 151~.nl 351d~ PNY ePn 21 42 28.5 177~.m 336d~ 1979FEBO12307 HIH eP~ 23 HIH eS~ 23 JKH eP~ 23 HNHE eS~. 23 HKH eP* 23 HKH eS* 23 BPH eS* 23 D3A eP* 23 D3A eS* 23 EMH eP~ 23 EMM eSn 23 HE,NAHHAKANTALAKE 08 05.3 57km 170d~ 08 11.5 57km 170d~ 08 10.4 84km 264d~ 08 26.2 103km 63d~ 08 18.1 127km 197d~ 08 32.7 127km 197d~ 08 33. 7 128~.m 166d~ 08 21.6 149km Od~ 08 37.5 149km Od~ 08 25. 6 173~.m 130d~ 08 43.6 173km 130d~ 1979FEB020226 LVNJ ePs 02 LVNJ eSs 02 GPD ePs 02 GPD eSs 02 TBR ePs 02 TBR eSs 02 WPR eP~ 02 WPR eSs 02 WPNYeP* 02 WPNYeS* 02 NJ,CHESTER 26 14.7 9km 300ds 26 15.7 9~.m 300ds 31dS 26 18.8 32kn, 26 22. 9 32~.n, 31ds 26 22. 6 55~.m 42ds 26 29. 2 55~.m 42dS 26 30.4 105~.m 59ds 59ds 26 42.6 105km 26 34. 1 129~.m 27ds 26 49. 4 129~.m 27ds 5 1.49Mc 1.64Hc 1.44Hc 1.82Hc 4mu O.2sec 1.89Hn 1.85Mc Pase TABLE J (Continued) --- STA PHASE . ARRIVAL 1979FEB11 0721 DPL DPL WPR WPR SNP SNP GOB GOB STL STL DBH WGL GSC GSC BLH BLH OSB PAL PAL TBR eP~ eS~ eP~ eSs eP~ eSs ePs eS~ ePs eS~ eSs eP~ ePs eSs ePs eSs ePs ePs eSs eP~ RAHA ePs 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 DIST AZ AMP PERIOD 4 of ~ MAGNITUDE NY,NEAR CROTONRESERVOIR 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 24.7 26.9 24. 9 27.2 25.3 27.9 25.5 28.4 25. 6 28.4 28.6 25.7 25.9 28.8 25.8 28.9 25.9 26.0 29. 3 28.3 07 21 28. 3 15km 15~.m 16~.m 16km 19km 19km 21km 21km 21~.m 21km 22km 23km 23km 23km 23km 23km 24~.m 25~.m 25~.m 40km 297d~ 297ds 62ds 62ds 287ds 287ds 317ds 317ds 270ds 270ds 302ds 326ds 292ds 292ds 312ds 312ds 323d~ 213ds 213ds 262ds 40~.m 255ds 1979FEB21 0634 TRH ePS 06 TRH eSS 06 HKH ePs 06 WNH ePS 06 BNH ePS 06 DNH eP* 06 BPH eP* 06 HRV ePn 06 HE,LEWISTON 34 07. 7 20~.m 34 10. 4 20~.m 34 16.7 77km 34 20.8 101km 34 21.2 102~.m 34 24. 3 122~.m 34 25. 1 127~,m 34 35. 7 208~.m 1979FEB27 0756 D6A ePS 07 D5A ePS 07 D2A ePS 07 D3A ePS 07 AGM ePS 07 AGM eSS 07 JKM ePn 07 JKM eSS 07 PO,LA POCATIERE 57 00.5 55km 12 1 d s 57 03.8 74km 12 0 d s 57 03.6 76~.m 10: Bd s 57 03. 7 77~.m 11 1 d s 57 05. 5 87~.m 10 9 d s 57 16.7 87k. 10 9 d s 57 21.5 188~.m 18 3 d s 57 45. 0 188~.m 18 3 d s 1979HAR10 0449 LVNJ ePs 04 GPD ePs 04 GPD eSs 04 PRIN ePs 04 AHNH ePs 04 RAHA ePs 04 RAHA eSS 04 TBR ePs 04 Continued NJ,BERNARDSVILLE FELT 49 43.7 24km 295ds 49 45. 2 33~.m 6ds 49 49. 3 33~.m 6ds 49 46.6 43km 205ds 49 47.2 45km 81ds 49 47. 6 48~.m 30ds 49 53. 6 48~.m 30ds 49 48. 2 52~.m 27ds 343dS 343ds 34ds 257d~ 304dS 209ds 61ds 213dS 1.54Hc 1.61Hc 3mlJ O.2sec 1.63Hn 1.72Hc 5mu O.2sec 2.20Hn 1.81Hc 2.26Mc 2.59Hc 2.25Hc , TABLE 3 PaSe 5 of (Continued) STA PHASE --- TOR egg paN epg paN egg PAL epg PAL egg WPR epg WPR egg OCT eP* WPNYeP* CLIN eP* ECT eP* WND ePn HDM ePn LNX ePn UCT ePn NSC ePn MARL ePn ARRIVAL 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 49 49 49 49 49 49 50 49 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 54.4 49.1 56.1 49.3 56.8 55.1 06.4 59.9 00.4 02.2 04.0 08.4 08.4 11.7 13.2 16.2 20.5 DIST 521<.m 591<.m 591<.m 591c.m 591<.m 971<.m 971<.m 1271<.m 1281<.m 1391<.m 1541<.m 1821<.m 1871<.m 2071<.m 2251<.m 2381<.m 2751<.m 1979MAR14 0646 MEDYeP* 06 MEDYeS* 06 BING eP* 06 BING eS* 06 SANY ePn 06 CANY eSrl 06 OTT ePn 06 OTT eSn 06 MIQ eSn 06 PQ,LAKE 46 46.8 46 58.2 47 04.7 47 26.7 46 52. 7 47 11. 7 47 10. 0 47 39.5 48 03.0 1979MAR232253 LMQ eP~ 22 POC eP~ 22 D6A eP~ 22 D2A iP~D 22 D3A iP~D 22 D5A eP~ 22 AGM eP~ 22 CBM ePn 22 JKM ePn 22 GNT ePn 22 HNME ePn 22 MIM ePn 22 MNQ ePn 22 DVT e** BNH ePn 22 EMM iPnD 22 PNY 22 QUA ePn e** PQ,LA MALBAIE 53 09. 0 23~.m 53 11. 3 36~.m 53 18. 2 80~.m 53 20.6 94~~m 53 21.0 96~.m 53 21.0 97~.m 53 22.5 105kRI 53 32.2 171~.m 53 39.3 225km 53 39. 0 227~.RI 53 39. 7 233~.m 53 45.6 283km 53 52.0 332km 342klll 53 55.1 355km 53 57.8 384km 54 01.6 414km 608~.m . UCT e** BCT e** AZ AMP PERIOD 5 MAGNITUDE 27ds 303ds 303ds 58ds 58ds 52ds 52dS 47ds 20ds 23dS 36ds 9ds 62ds 29dS 56dS 68ds 30ds 3.00Hc 3.09Hc 2.99Hc 2.97Hc 2.88Hc ONTARIO 151km 255dS 151km 255ds 173km 163ds 173~.m 163dS 189~.m 258ds 196~.m 250ds 19ds 216~.m 19ds 216~.m 9ds 316~~m 672km 735km FELT 230d~ 173d~ 145d~ 130d~ 133d~ 139d~ 129d~ 118d~ 183d~ 231d~ 136d~ 163d~ 17d~ 209d~ 19Sd~ 147d~ 221d~ 198d~ 196d~ 202d~ 3.57Hc 3.59Hc 3.52Hc 3.73Hc eeml.J O.lsec 3.67t1n 3.81Hc 3.64Hc O.3sec O.3sec 3.37Hn 3.03Hn 21mu O.4s~c 2.94Hn 2.86Hn 2.89Hn 91mlJ 47mu 17ltu 17mu O.4sec O.5sec TABLE 4 . FORESHOCKS.AFTERSHOCKS. AND MICRO-EARTHQUAKES 26 02 02 02 02 02 11 23 23 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 28 04 04 04 18 JAN FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB 'FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB FEB MAR MAR MAR MAR 2019 023445 0312 0314 031454 031735 072156 102112 102357 171845 064533 163333 163358 164608 064533 164653 095908 114649 0514 1529 1553 0247 BML LVNJ LVNJ LVNJ LVNJ LVNJ DPL LVNJ LVNJ LVNJ BML BML BML BML BML BML BML PTN BML BML BML BML <1 1. 8 <1 . 5 <1 <1 1. 9 2.0 <1 <1 1. 8 <1 <1 <1 <1 .< 1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 BLUE MO'JNTAIN LAKE, NY CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ NEAR CROTON RESEVOIR, NY CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ CHESTER, NJ BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY' BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY NEAR CROTON RESEVOIR, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY TABLE 5 SUSPECTEDAND POORLY LOCATED EARTHQUAKES NORTHEASTERNUNITED STATES AND ADJACENT REGIONS JANUARY - MARCH 1979 1979JAN20 0919 *WES 09 19 32 D3A ePS 09 D3A eSS 09 AGM ePS 09 AGM eSS 09 PO,LA MALBAIE 680 61 OR 0.30 47.7N 69.9W 19 48.0 92knl 143ds 19 58. 7 92~~nl 143ds 7mu O.1sec 19 48.6 991<.m 138ds 20 01. 2 99~.m 138ds 1979FEB13 0235 *LDO 02 35 30 APH eP. 02 APH eS. 02 WND eS. 02 PTN eSn 02 HDV eSn 02 HARL eSn 02 NY,CHADWICK 43.0N 75.3W 35 47.0 1131c.m 36 01.3 113km 36 03. 1 1201c.m 36 18.7 1751c.nl 36 25.9 203km 36 26.5 2041c.m 1979HAR14 0017 *WES 00 17 40 VT,EAST OF RUTLAND 43.6N 73.2W OR 0.09 IVT BVT BVT HNH HNH DVT BNH ePs ePs eSs ePs eSs ePn ePn 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1979HAR16 0037 *WES 00 37 55 EHH EHH HIM MIM D3A eP. eS. eP. eS. eSn 00 00 00 00 00 1979HAR221235 *LDO 12 35 41 LVNJ LVNJ GPD GPD TBR eSS ePS ePs eSS ePS 12 12 12 12 12 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 41.9 49.1 55.5 52. 1 01.3 08.3 10.3 08.3 18.5 25.8 47.6 07.0 230d. 230d. 272d. 272d. 319d. NJ,LAKE HOPATCONG 40.9N 74.7W 1 0.05 35 35 35 35 35 43.4 45.1 45.0 47.6 49.0 12km 12km 22km 22km 46km 2.27Hn 2.01Hc 35ds 35dS 128dS 8ds 57ds 95dS 11~~m 117ds 54km 117d~ 54~.m 117ds 73~.m 78ds 73km 78ds 175km 27d~ 191km 53ds 81km 81km' 183km 183km 283~,m 2.3Hn 2.1Hc 2.24Hc OR 0.77 NB,LAKE UTOPIA 45.2N 66.7W OR 0.23 38 38 38 38 39 97 214dS 214ds 53ds 53ds 54dS 69 3.4 1.8 2.0Hn 1.9Hc 19m1J O.2sec 2.26Hn 1.83Hc 6mlJ 31T1IJ O.3sec O.3sec 1.91Hn 1.72Hn 2.04Hc 7.7 2.2Hc 2.23Hc 94 22 2.21Hc DISTRIBUTION No. Recipient Dr. Jerr~ Branch, Dr. Paul 5 Dr. H. Nafi Technolo~~ To~.soz, MaSSBChlJsetts 5 Dr. rash P. Observator~ A~~arwal, ' 5 Dr. Shelton Universitw S. 5 Dr. 5 Earth 1 Consolida~ed 1 Weston Observatorw 1 File N Dr. Harbour, Nuclear Chief, Si~e Safe~~ Research Re~ula~orw Commission W. Po.ero~, E.F. Chiburis. Bos~on Colle~e Institute Geolo~ical Pennswlvania State Geolo~ical SurYe~ Delaware Branch. Edison NEUSSN Lamont-Dohertw Alexander, Ken Woodruff, Ph~siC$ Coordinator Canada of New York Librarw W.s~on ObserY.~orw. of