A repeat of the quakes that devastated New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 and 1812 could injure or kill 86,000 people across three ...
Deep beneath the farm country where Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky come together lies one of the most puzzling earthquake zones in North America. Over the winter of 1811 and 1812, a ...
The most powerful earthquakes in the recorded history of the eastern United States did not strike California or Alaska. They struck the middle of the continent, along a buried fault system centered ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Before the dawn of seismology and our modern understanding of plate tectonics, earthquakes were often viewed divine acts of punishment, and the ...