WORST EARTHQUAKES CONTINENTAL US HAS EVER HAD:
THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES
NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES
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Damage comparison between a moderate New Madrid earthquake (1895, magnitude 6.8) and similar Los Angeles event (1994, magnitude 6.7). Yellow = shaking felt. Red= damage.
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Resolution of the General Assembly of the Missouri Territory for Relief of the New Madrid Earthquakes 1814
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS
“Strange Happenings During The Earthquakes” New Madrid, MO – Official Website, accessed 11/27/21 http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/123/Strange-Happenings-during-the=Earthquake
“Eyewitnesses to Mississippi River Earthquake Terror” Eyewitnesses New Madrid Quakes of 1812, accessed 11/30/2021 http://showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/eyewitness1.htm
“The Introduction to The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes by Conevery Bolton Valencius” University of Chicago accessed 12/3/2021. https://press.uchicago.edu/books/excerpt/2013/valencius_earthquakes.html
Rusch, Elizabeth. “The Great Midwest Earthquake of 1811”. Smithsonian Magazine, published December 2011, accessed 11/30/2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-great-midwest-earthquake-of-1811-46342/
USGS Summary of 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes Sequence. Accessed 11/30/2021 https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/sum...kes-sequence?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
Earthquake Threat. Jackson County MO accessed 11/30/2021. https://www.jacksongov.org/Our-County/Departments/Emergency-Preparedness/Earthquake-Threat
USGS The New Madrid Seismic Zone. Accessed 11/24/2021 https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/new...-seismic-zone?qt--science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
Earthquakes of 1811-1812. New Madrid, MO – Official Website. Accessed 11/24/2021. http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/102/Earthquakes-of-1811-1812
New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811 – 12. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Accessed 11/24/2021. https://www.brittannica.com/print/article/1421133
Facts about the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. ACCESSED 28 APRIL 2022.
https://dnr.mo.gov/land-geology/hazards/earthquakes/science/facts-new-madrid-seismic-zone
Holliday, Doc. “No Worries – There have Been 20 New Madrid Quakes in 2022 So Far” February 17, 2022. ACCESSED 28 April 28, 2022. https://101theeagle.com/no-worries-there-have-been-20-new-madrid-quakes-in-2022-so-far/
“Experts: Central U.S. Needs to Be Ready for Next Earthquake”. ASSOCIATED PRESS. March 3, 2022. ACCESSED 28 April 2022.
Bicentennial of the New Madrid Earthquake Sequence
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Fuller, Myron L. “The New Madrid Earthquake” Dept. of the Interior USGS Bulletin 494 GPO 1912 ACCESSED 11/30/2021. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0494/report.pdf
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