Characterizing Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) in the Eastern United States for Estimating Maximum Past Earthquake Ground Motions

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RP @seismosocam.bsky.social: What happens when you gently push a precariously balanced rock? A new #BSSA paper reports on that and more. ⚒️ buff.ly/Et75gIS

What happens when you gently push a precariously balanced rock? A new #BSSA paper reports on that and more. ⚒️ buff.ly/Et75gIS

In a new #BSSA paper, scientists study four precariously balanced rocks in Virginia. They determined that an earthquake greater than magnitude 7.5 likely hasn’t occurred in the region for about 20,000 to 40,000 years. ⚒️ buff.ly/Et75gIS

Using Precariously Balanced Rocks as constraints on earthquake ground motion isn't unusual for the tectonically-active west coast of North America, but it's very cool to see people extending PBR research into areas that aren't a plate boundary anymore! …

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