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Geologic Investigations No. 94 - 2012Edward C. Murphy, State Geologist
Lynn D. Helms, Director Dept. of Mineral Resources
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Cartographic Compilation by Elroy L. Kadrmas
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Stickney, M., 2012 , Hypocentral So lution and Documen tation Related to Earthquake Occurrence Southeast of Wil lis ton, North, Dakota: Electron ic Commun icat ion, Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau o f Mines and Geology, Montana Tech of the Universi ty o f Montana, Butte, MT.Anderson, F.J., 2009, Earthquake in the Earth's Crus t Recorded in North Dakota, North Dakota Department o f Mineral Resou rces Geo News, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 14-16 .Coffman, J.L. , and Cloud, W.K., 1984, Un ited States Earthquakes, 1968, United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report 84 -968, p. 15 .Reagor, B.G., Stover, C.W. , and Algermissen, S.T., 1981 , Seismicity Map of the State of North Dakota, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-1326, 1:1 ,000,000 .
REFERENCESStickney, M., 2009 , Hypocentral So lution and Documen tation Related to Earthquake Occurrence in Northwestern North , Dakota: Electronic Communication, Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau o f Mines and Geology, Montana Tech o f the Universi ty of Montana, Bu tte, MT.Stover, C.W., 1985 , United States E arthquakes , 1982, U.S. Geological Survey, Bullet in No. 1655, p. 92 .Stover, C.W., and Coffman , J.L., 1993, Seismict iy of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Su rvey, Pro fess ional Paper 1527, pp. 325-326.USGS, 2010 , U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Data Base, National Earthquake Information Center, http ://neic. usgs.gov
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