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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.
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.
The 1888 earthquake in Río de la Plata was an intraplate quake, [8] from reactivated faults in the Quilmes Trough, far from the boundaries of the South American plate. With a magnitude greater than 5.0 it was felt "in the cities of Buenos Aires, La Plata and other small towns and villages along the Rio de Plata coastal regions."
A 3D printed model, created by Dr. Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos with University of Memphis’ Center for Earthquake Research and Information, demonstrates the New Madrid 1812 earthquake on Thursday ...
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 −89.6 8 M I (Johnston, 1996) USGS March 26, 1812 16:37 Caracas, La Guaira, El Tocuyo, San Felipe, Barquisimeto, Mérida, La Victoria, Valencia, Venezuela 1812 Caracas earthquake ...
December 16, 1811 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Missouri: 7.6–7.9 December 16, 1811 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Montana: 7.2 August 17, 1959 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake Nebraska: 7.0 November 15, 1877 [49] Nevada: 7.3 December 16, 1954 1954 Fairview earthquake New Hampshire: 6.5 June 1, 1638 1638 New Hampshire earthquake New ...
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes This page was last edited on 13 March 2020, at 02:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Fire officials in La Palma have been giving locals and inside look from on-the-ground of the wildfires spreading across the island, as they attempt to get things under control. The EIRIF reveal in ...