[419] State Geologist Sizes Up Seismology On 'MTSU on the Record'

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2011
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

STATE GEOLOGIST SIZES UP SEISMOLOGY ON ‘MTSU ON THE RECORD’
Ron Zurawski Assesses New Madrid Fault and Past, Future Impact on Tennessee

(MURFREESBORO) – Ron Zurawski, State Geologist and Director of the Tennessee Division of Geology, will be this week’s guest on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, April 17, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Zurawski is slated to deliver an Earth Day address on the New Madrid seismic zone and the great 1811-1812 earthquakes that occurred there at 3 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the State Farm Lecture Hall of MTSU’s Business and Aerospace Building. This event, which will be presented by the MTSU Department of Geosciences, is free and open to the public.
On the radio program, Zurawski also will discuss the March 11 earthquake that registered 9.0 on the Richter scale in northeast Japan, the resulting tsunami and nuclear plant crisis and the state of earthquake preparedness in both Japan and the United States.
To listen to previous programs, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml. For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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