No lives have been lost, nor has the houses sustained much injury, a few chimneys have been thrown down, and a few houses…” Was the New Madrid earthquake of Dec. 16, 1811, felt in Northwest ...

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake had rumbled along the southern end of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Pictures rattled on walls, older concrete and brick foundations cracked, and startled residents were ...

Former Mississippi County Office of Emergency Management director David Lendennie was in his bathroom early on the morning of ...

The first of these three major earthquakes began at about 2.15 a.m. on December 16, 1811 and was followed ... of lives and property for an earthquake like in 1811-12 is unimaginable.