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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.
1916 Irondale earthquake Alaska: 9.2 March 27, 1964 1964 Alaska earthquake American Samoa: 8.3–8.5 June 26, 1917 1917 Samoa earthquake Arizona: 7.6 May 3, 1887 1887 Sonora earthquake Arkansas: 7.6–7.9 December 16, 1811 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes California: 7.9 January 9, 1857 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake Colorado: 6.6 November 8 ...
Massive earthquakes have rocked the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which includes Memphis. ... The USGS estimates that there’s a 7% to 10% chance the NMSZ would get a repeat of the 1811-12 earthquakes ...
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.
New Madrid was the epicenter of the powerful 3-month 2,000-earthquake 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes. In 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey predicted that another major earthquake will happen in New Madrid within the next 50 years, [ 18 ] a theory that was rejected by the geophysicist Seth Stein in his 2010 book Disaster deferred: how new ...
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