Rabu, 24 Agustus 2011

New Madrid Fault

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The rare earthquake that shook the East coast on Tuesday afternoon is causing some folks in the mid-state to look twice at our own earthquake threat from the New Madrid fault.
The fault has caused massive earthquakes before including four of the largest earthquakes in North America’s history.
The massive quakes in 1811 and 1812 caused the Mississippi River to supposedly flow backwards and created Reelfoot Lake.
“The geologists and seismologists tell us that

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