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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 magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. Two additional earthquakes of similar magnitude followed in January and February 1812.
December 16, 1811 08:00 New Madrid, Missouri, United States 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes: 36.6 −89.6 8.1 M I: USGS January 23, 1812 15:00 New Madrid, Missouri, United States 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes: 36.6 −89.6 7.8 M I: USGS February 7, 1812 09:45 New Madrid, Missouri, United States 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes: 36.6 ...
The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
Massive earthquakes have rocked the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which includes Memphis. ... a 7% to 10% chance the NMSZ would get a repeat of the 1811-12 earthquakes in the next 50 years. It also ...
An undated photo from the US Geological Survey depicts a landslide trench and ridge in the Chickasaw Bluffs, east of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, resulting from the 1811 to 1812 New Madrid earthquakes.
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It concerns the effects of a massive earthquake in the US states of Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Largely using the 1811-12 [1] New Madrid earthquake as a base, he depicts the breakdown of infrastructure that would result if an earthquake of equal magnitude were to occur today. The title of the novel is a double-entendre.