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25 lip 2024 · Missouri's New Madrid Seismic Zone is in the news after the National Guard held drills in downtown St. Louis about a potential magnitude 8.4 earthquake. Here's why.
18 lip 2024 · An earthquake along the New Madrid Fault has just hit the Midwest, devastating many communities. In St. Louis, bridges have collapsed, roads are twisted, and buildings are crumbling. More than 40,000 people are trapped in Busch Stadium.
The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. Two additional earthquakes of similar magnitude followed in January and February 1812.
The three-day drill scenario simulated an 8.4 magnitude earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Fault and involved 500 people, including local emergency responders, military responders,...
12 lip 2024 · More than 500 federal and local first responders will be in the St. Louis region Monday through Wednesday to practice their responses to a magnitude 8.4 earthquake across the New Madrid Fault.
More than 500 federal and local first responders will be in the St. Louis region Monday through Wednesday to practice their responses to a magnitude 8.4 earthquake across the New Madrid Fault.
16 lip 2024 · Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid — a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri — was jolted awake. Panicked townsfolk fled their homes as buildings collapsed and the smell of sulfur filled the air. The episode didn’t last long. But the worst was yet to come.
