New Madrid Fault

The New Madrid earthquake fault has wasted no time in registering measurable quakes in 2023. The new year has started with 7 relatively minor quakes and it's still ongoing.

There's a whole lotta shaking going on along the New Madrid Fault over the past month. The USGS is reporting at least 36 measurable quakes during the past 30 days.

It's no reason for alarm, but there has been a sudden uptick in quakes along the New Madrid Fault this week with several over the past few days that were felt.

It's been an active week along the New Madrid Fault in Missouri as the area has been hit by 9 different measurable quakes including 1 that was reported felt by hundreds.

It's been an interesting week along the New Madrid Fault part of America. Nearly a dozen measurable quakes were reported by the USGS along with a couple in strange locations.

It was an interesting seismic week in the area of the New Madrid Fault in Missouri this week. Nothing major, but there were reported felt by the USGS.

The question of whether or not you should be getting Earthquake insurance if you live in Missouri (especially Southeastern Missouri) all comes down to how big of a gambler you are really.

Consider this a gentle reminder that we live in a very seismically-active part of America. So far in March, there have been over 40 measurable earthquakes on the New Madrid Fault and that's OK.

Do you remember how crazy it became in early December of 1990 when a man predicted a massive earthquake on the New Madrid Fault? It truly became a media spectacle with only one problem. The earthquake never happened.

It's rather common knowledge in our part of America that the largest known earthquake in Missouri history happened in 1811. But, there are 5 things that really happened during the New Madrid earthquake that year that border on the insane.