An earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri border earlier, a reminder that much of the Midwest ...

U.S. Geological Survey scientists say there is only about a 10% chance of a repeat of the 1811-1812 earthquakes in the next 50 years, and paleoseismic studies have found that while New Madrid has ...

named after the town of New Madrid in southeastern Missouri, gained infamy from the earthquakes that shook the region between 1811 and 1812. These tremors, some of the strongest ever recorded in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Thursday, Tennessee will shake things up in the name of earthquake preparedness. More than 435,000 individuals, school districts, and other groups in Tennessee are ...

MATTHEWS, Mo. (KFVS) - A small earthquake was recorded in New Madrid County early Friday morning, October 11. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 2.2 earthquake ...

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Missouri is the site of some of the largest earthquakes in U.S. history. The New Madrid fault runs through Southeast Missouri and produces a couple hundred small quakes every year. Most of these ...

State Earthquake Program Manager Jeff Briggs says that Missouri is home to the very large and active New Madrid Seismic Zone ... ever seen," Briggs says. In 1811 and 1812, that seismic zone ...

The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment ...

It’s known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone. This area has been active since the major earthquake events of 1811 and 1812. “The New Madrid fault line has been active since the last major earthquake we ...