The New Madrid Fault Zone

I know I have mentioned the New Madrid Fault Zone a number of times in the thread about World Wide Seismic Event, and thought I would post a bit of information about it.

In the winter of 1811-12, the central Mississippi Valley was struck by three of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. Even today, this region has more earthquakes than any other part of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Government agencies, universities, and private organizations are working to increase awareness of the earthquake threat and to reduce loss of life and property in future shocks.
The 400 terrified residents in the town of New Madrid (Missouri) were abruptly awakened by violent shaking and a tremendous roar. It was December 16, 1811, and a powerful earthquake had just struck. This was the first of three magnitude-8 earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks to rock the region that winter.

Survivors reported that the earthquakes caused cracks to open in the earth's surface, the ground to roll in visible waves, and large areas of land to sink or rise. The crew of the New Orleans (the first steamboat on the Mississippi, which was on her maiden voyage) reported mooring to an island only to awake in the morning and find that the island had disappeared below the waters of the Mississippi River. Damage was reported as far away as Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C.

quake.wr.usgs.gov...

www.imsa.edu...

www.eas.slu.edu...

I have seen a lot of websites talking about a buildup in the New Madrid fault zone, and that a big one would be coming soon.

Can anyone verify this? Are the people in the effected region being told?

Most of them are still feeling the effects of Katrina... another disaster in that Region of the Nation would be catastrophic...and thats an understatement.

I need to find out more about the New Madrid Fault Zone, and how dangerous it really is... i never heard about it before.

And I always thought that Cali was gonna get hit by the big one...ha!

Originally posted by Where2Hide2006

I need to find out more about the New Madrid Fault Zone, and how dangerous it really is... i never heard about it before.

Here`s a couple of links from our very own ATS

ATS: Tecumseh And The New Madrid Earthquake (by Hellmutt)

ATS: Earthquake Planning - New Madrid Region (by Indy)

It seems like they're at least preparing for it...