New Madrid Fault Line

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New Madrid Fault Line

I've been reading about this on Whatdoesitmean and thought I had put it in a thread but I can't find it.

Today on CNN, they are speaking about this not well known fault line. No, ladies and gentlemen, it's not in California or even Alaska. It runs from Arkansas, through Missouri, Tennessee and I think Kentucky. The largest quake ever recorded was at this site. You can read up on it or go to CNN today to hear about it. Russian scientists say the plates are shifting here and at another fault line that runs through Texas to I think Kansas...maybe farther. They believe we are on the verge of a major earthquake event in these areas. You can go to these sites to read about it....

www.whatdoesitmean.com

www.cnn.com
 
Re: New Madrid Fault Line

Interestingly enough, there are fault lines all over the US. Lot's of small quakes are a good thing. There is talk that supposedly the East coast is due also.
 

Re: New Madrid Fault Line

Not well known? I've lived fairly close to the New Madrid fault my entire life, and I have always been aware of it. I think most people around here are aware of it, we just don't worry about it. We're all aware of tornadic threats too, but we don't worry about those. I'm sure people who live on a volcanic island don't spend their days worrying about an eruption. Take what comes and make the most of it, I say.

A superquake would be one hell of a way to go out. :D
 

"The last major earthquake to hit the region was a 5.4-magnitude quake that struck the town of Dale, Illinois in 1968. Things have been strangely quiet in the region since then until recently."

I was miles away but still in that area at that time. Lasted a couple of seconds about (as the crow flies) a little south of Chicago but west of there (I suppose around 30-50 miles at the most south of Chicago and very near the Mississippi River to the west.

I don't know where Dale, IL is but plan to see how far away it is probably to the south. Afterall Illinois goes for about 600 miles N and S so I estimating (guesing) 400 miles away probably without looking for the town on a map first.
 
Yep, Dale IL is about 100 miles east of St. Louis and 50 miles south of there, so that is how far that earthquake traveled back in 1968.
 
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There are several maps out there that show the future coast line after the big one hits the New Madrid Fault area. The earth will sink in this region and the ocean will rush in... creating a large inland lake called the Mississippi. If the earth's crust shifts during a pole shift, the same map would result as lower elevations would fill up with water. I'm not too worried about it...if the water comes there isn't much I can do about it. If this disaster doesn't happen there are several waiting in line to take it's place.
 

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