Primary Convener:
William Levandowski, Tetra Tech

Convener:
Sungho Lee, KIGAM Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Jongwon Han, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

Chair:
Sungho Lee, Seoul National University
Jongwon Han, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

Damaging earthquakes can occur far from tectonic plate boundaries, where shaking impacts large areas because of low seismic attenuation and amplification by sedi­mentary deposits. Long time intervals between intraplate earthquakes and low strain rates pose challenges to understanding seismic hazard in central and eastern Asia, cen­tral and eastern North America, northern Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. However, expanding seismic or GNSS networks and new techniques (e.g., deep learning) facilitate the development of high-precision earthquake catalogs, detailed geophysical images, robust geodetic and geodynamic models, and thorough characterizations of intraplate earthquake sources. Together with these geophysical approaches, investigations of intraplate structural geology, rock mechanics, and paleoseismology improve understanding of and preparedness for this enigmatic seismicity. All studies of intraplate seismotectonics and low-strain-rate continental regions are thus welcome. We especially hope to attract research on the Korean Peninsula and analogous settings in the tectonic far-field, such as central and eastern North America.

Index Terms
7230 Seismicity and tectonics
7270 Tomography
8110 Continental tectonics: general
8164 Stresses: crust and lithosphere

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
G - Geodesy
V - Volcanology‚ Geochemistry and Petrology
S - Seismology

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior