Some of the largest earthquakes in America’s history have come from the New Madrid Fault. All of these earthquakes happened in the Mississippi Valley, and yet were felt across the East Coast. Not only were these earthquakes large, but there were also many, with over 2,000 earthquakes recorded in the central Midwest, and 6,000-10,000 earthquakes recorded in the Bootheel of Missouri, all within the timespan of 4 months. 3 of these many earthquakes are still on the list of the United States’ largest
The New Madrid Fault Earthquake The New Madrid Earthquake is referred to the area that exposed to the robust earthquakes in the United States of America. The area is located in Southeastern Missouri, Northeastern Arkansas, Western Tennessee, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois, which is the most active seismic in the USA east of the Rocky Mountains. Historically, in 1811-1812, the New Madrid seismic zone suffered a sequence of earthquakes that included three very large earthquakes estimated to
anywhere else in the world. This is the one natural disaster that people cannot avoid no matter their location on Earth. And, being unprepared can have devastating results. Samuelson said, “Another earthquake or series of them the size of the New Madrid earthquakes is inevitable in Indiana’s future.”
The state of Illinois is at risk from two major seismic zones, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, and the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. The New Marid Seismic Zone is located in the Central Mississippi Valley and includes portions of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The Wabash Valley Zone is located between southeastern Illinois and southwestern Indiana. The earliest report of an earthquake in Illinois is in the year of 1795 at Kaskaskia. This particular
small town of New Madrid, Missouri. Based on the on the Richter scale the magnitudes of each or these earthquakes measured at a 7.0 or higher. These earthquakes were felt as far away as Boston, Hartford, and New Orleans. The damage caused by these earthquakes went as far as Cincinnati, Ohio and St.Louis Missouri. These earthquakes are known as the New Madrid Earthquakes. The New Madrid earthquakes have caused many different things to happen to the land in the area surrounding New Madrid. They caused
Report Name On December 16, 1811, at roughly 2:15 a.m., the most powerful earthquake ever to hit the eastern United States struck Northeast Arkansas. Clocking in at a presumed 8.0 on the richter scale, the first of three major earthquakes form the New Madrid fault made itself known. This quake, and the two subsequent quakes following shortly after, caused some of the most intense damage and events ever recorded in U.S. history. The quakes were felt in Montreal, Boston, and even the White House. Events
I chose to research earthquakes and the prediction of earthquakes because I was curious as to how they work. In this paper, I will discus the history of earthquakes, the kinds and locations of earthquakes, earthquake effects, intensity scales, prediction, and my own predictions. An earthquake can be defined as vibrations produced in the earth's crust. Tectonic plates have friction between them which builds up as it tries to push away and suddenly ruptures and then rebounds. The vibrations can range
to earthquakes because it is located on the famous San Andreas Fault in the very seismically active Ring of Fire. Earthquake hazards are also prominent in many other regions across the United States including the Rocky Mountain region, the New Madrid Seismic Zone (a portion of the central United States), as well as portions of the eastern seaboard, specifically South Carolina. Close to “75 million people in 39 states” face considerable and recurring risks from contemporary earthquakes (Monahan 2)
word for shaking, and (when applied to the earth) earthquake, is seismos. Therefore, the science of earthquakes is called seismology (World Book Dictionary 1985). Earthquakes have been recorded as early as 526 A.C., but seismology is comparatively new. Until the 18th century, few accurate descriptions of earthquakes were recorded, and little was known about what caused them. When seismology was introduced it was learned that many earthquakes are the result of sea floor spreading, but most are caused