Figure 1: Map of the New Madrid seismic zone as illustrated by microseismicity between 1974 and 1996. With the assumption that the principal earthquakes of the 1811–1812 New Madrid sequence ...

But for a three-month period 200 years ago, that wasn’t the case. The faults terrorized New Madrid across the winter of 1811 and 1812. Thousands of small earthquakes unsettled the Mississippi River, ...

The 15,000 acre lake was created as a result of the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid earthquakes, when this area of land sank several feet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Millions of people have since watched numerous videos online that took the drills as a cue to share disastrous predictions about a future earthquake in Missouri's New Madrid Seismic Zone.The ...

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NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES: This Past Saturday, Dec 16th, Marked The 212th Anniversary Of The M7.5 Earthquake... Dec 18, 2023 Dec 18, 2023 Updated Dec 18, 2023 ...

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A swarm of earthquakes hit the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest on Monday. This fault is long overdue for a major quake, but this swarm does not necessarily mean 'The Big One' is coming.

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

It lies just north of Memphis, Tennessee.The area lies along the New Madrid fault.The fault is most famous for its earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 that were so strong they made the Mississippi River ...