New Madrid Seismic Zone: Why The Middle Of The U.S. Could Be Hit By A HUGE Earthquake

[@RuthMagouirk-mp2sv]

I grew up in New Madrid county. My dad would ride us along the levy and tell the tale of the earthquake and how the river ran backwards. When the water level is low you can see the ruins of Old Madrid.

[@SouthCountryMom]

I did not know of Old Madrid! Thank you for sharing!

[@minermike61]

My brother told me about this story. We live smack dab in the middle of it.

[@dwwest8168]

Grew up in Charleston and Sikeston. Used to dove hunt out by Bird's Blue Hole in Mississippi County.

[@DebPfann]

Just chiming in...... it's actually pronounced New Mad....rid. Just sayin'

[@minermike61]

@@DebPfann You are right. How do they say it in Spain?

[@mikevincent2811]

I have lived in Oklahoma for less than five years and have felt more earthquakes than thirty two years living in the SF Bay Area.

[@georgeharris6851]

Oh, Frak!

[@keriezy]

Too funny!

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

​@@georgeharris6851 We were all thinking it 🤣😭😭💀

[@robertschmidt9296]

Maybe the California happy cows would be happier in Oklahoma.

[@allieeverett9017]

Fun times...

[@montemasterson9588]

The quakes that hit New Madrid in 1811 and 1812 made church bells ring in New England.

[@raifsevrence]

San Andreas Fault: I break buildings and destroy raised highways New Madrid Fault: That's cute. I make mile wide rivers flow backwards

[@tp-mh2ji]

Fact check your statement.

[@gotworc]

If you look it up apparently it was pretty intense. Never heard of it until the last few years. Did a bit of reading and it completely destroyed cities and towns ​@@tp-mh2ji

[@JadeaRS4]

Wow your old

[@montemasterson9588]

@@JadeaRS4 Okay that is funny.

[@TheLavenderLover]

Anyone else seeing this one-month-old video after our earthquake on the east coast in New Jersey on 4-5-24? Now I’m concerned…

[@hannahr2966]

Yes I am watching this video now. Yes it’s concerning about the new Madrid fault line . I live in NJ and the 4.8 earthquake we got here in NJ was scary.

[@TheLavenderLover]

@@hannahr2966 My relatives in LA have experienced it so many times. 4.8 isn't that dramatic. But most of this state never experienced this in their life! Our buildings are also not designed for such things. I was working on a project with a class of 1st graders. What a day!

[@omiimoreira7979]

Yes 😭

[@amylee5452]

I grew up hearing stories about the earthquake that created Reelfoot lake in TN and how the Mississippi River flowed backwards for 4 hours. I am near Memphis, less than 70 miles from the fault line and have been terrified to even think about the “big one” happening. It scares me because no one here is prepared for it. Out buildings are so old and not designed to withstand it. We have this and bad tornadoes that seem to get worse every year. Tornados don’t scare me as much as earthquakes lol.

[@catnub3065]

same i was in NY and i was shocked that we even got an earthquake

[@Robert-ds8ec]

I was sitting on a milk crate while on our country stores phone being told that my mom's sister had passed away when a small quake hit ( New Madrid ) that moved myself and the milk crate two feet across the floor and split the wall on the side of the store.

[@BeigeBrownClip-jd2pv]

😮

[@JAY-fq7sb]

I live in the New Madrid zone, in Northwest Tennesse. I live about 35 miles from the Mississippi river. The lake that was formed in 1812 is called Reelfoot lake. It is located in Lake County of Tennessee. It is one of the largest natural formed lakes we know was formed by an earthquake we know of. This was what caused the Mississippi to run backwards. The lake has a depth of about 15 to 20 feet in the deepest areas. Where most of the lake is shallow. No more that 7 feet or less. The area of the lake was logged for cypress trees long ago. After the eventual outlawing of cutting cypress trees the area became part of the lake. The best way to experience the lake is tour boats at certain boat docks. Also, fishing is very big part of the region. This lake is also home for hundreds of nesting American Bald Eagles. There is an eagle nursery that helps injured and sick eagles to get well to be released back into the wild. A unique and amazing place to see. Also, the name Reelfoot was given to the lake because the Reelfoot Indian Tribe called this region home. Their whole tribe was wiped out in the region during the earthquake of 1812 and resulting flooding of their habitat. We remember them for the nature loving and hunters they were. A tribute to those who lost their lives to the aftermath of the quake of 1812.

[@genkiferal7178]

I read a lot about that area around that time, yet never before heard that a tribe got wiped out. I read of almost no deaths.

[@willowraven4567]

@JAY-fq7sb• ......... Thank you for that valuable information , my dad's side of the family are from deep southern Illinois , I very much appreciate any information I get about that area .

[@JAY-fq7sb]

@@genkiferal7178 Not a widely known fact but if you visit the area. The local people will tell you about it. They got rid of almost all the things that were there when I was a kid. They had a whole lot of stuff pertaining to the Reelfoot Indians. For some reason it was all taken away. I think there are some bait shops and fishing marinas that still have some info on it, but you may not get anything on the internet.

[@JAY-fq7sb]

@@willowraven4567 That area of Illinois is very beautiful. I like the Garden of the God state park myself. Very nice hiking trails there.

[@MtnManLucas]

I attended UT Martin. I was an Earth Sciences major. Well aware of the Fault.

[@Sharon-s9r3h]

I grew up in OKC. I'm 71 and live in Arkansas now. When I was five years old I was walking to school when all of a sudden the ground started shaking and threw me down. I ran home and asked my mother what happened. She said it was an earthquake. I don't think there was any fracking going on in the late 1950's, but I could be wrong. Ny the way, the last earthquake y'all had was felt felt clear up to where I live in northwest Arkansas.

[@MarcusBP]

You experienced the El Reno earthquake as a child. Until 2016, it held the record as the strongest earthquake ever in Oklahoma!

[@hotrodray6802]

Getting too many Yankees and coastals over there.

[@jenniferkeefe8564]

My granddaughter was making a video when it happened. She felt her first earthquake here in Arkansas. It is in video. She thought the apartment was haunted 😆.She is 10.

[@jodiblunt1710]

@@jenniferkeefe8564 Awe sweet lil gal! Was she just talking a video of herself being silly and then now she has one of being frightened now on video? I hope she's okay knowing the earth moves (eek) and grandparents don't live in haunted places lol

[@marnycoggins4535]

I grew up in Fayetteville and we are planning to move back to NWA. I bought 10 acres up in Beaver Lake in 1987. So that is where we will be moving. I am across the road from the lake. But maybe it will be waterfront by the time we get moved. Growing up in those hills will teach you many, many lessons. I have made a great career out of it.

[@elvinsledge-h6f]

Memphis native here. I felt a few quakes thanks to the New Madrid zone, including one in the 70s which sent us running from a building where I worked downtown. Cars bounced and the parking lot moved like waves during the aftershock. I live near San Francisco now. Yep. The University of Memphis has a seismology department which studies earthquakes in that region.

[@austintrousdale2397]

GO 🐅 🐯 GO 💙

[@annabrahamson4320]

I remember that, WI and MN felt slight movement.

[@SAD-ij8in]

My husband is a civil engineer. He attended a conference all the way back in the year 2000 to train to check bridges in the region after the Big One hits New Madrid. They don't expect Memphis to be there afterwards because it's built on sand. Soil liquefaction under the buildings will pretty much render the region impassable. If you still have family in Memphis, tell them to move. We won't even drive through it.

[@crazedmom23]

We were at church in the nursery in the basement. I was really young, but mom said we didn't feel it. My dad was in the parking lot and it was rolling. Lots of damage to the parking lot.

[@Jay1bad1]

I remember that event I was at a restaurant in bartlett.everbody .. running to windows looking for a train

[@yetisuncle666]

I've lived in Oklahoma my whole life, and in the past 5years I've felt far more earthquakes than ever before. And supposedly they've stopped fracking and waste water dumping.... This past weekend we had a flurry of quakes, and they were very noticable. There was 7in one day.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I remember there being an earthquake a few weeks ago. My whole apartment was shaking for a minute or so and I thought it was the wind at first, until I looked outside and realized it wasn't windy. That's the only earthquake I can remember actually being noticeable in recent years.

[@operationradiationaliciago911]

@@MatthewTheWanderer i live in Tulsa too. And I feel them and felt that one

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@operationradiationaliciago911 How often do you feel them? I only remember feeling that one from earlier this year.

[@JohnDoeno.12]

Something people tend to forget about earthquakes east of the Mississippi is that the rocks here are older and more dense. Faults in the rocks on this side have had time to heal, unlike the west coast. That means the seismic waves travel much further here. That's why an earthquake here would be so much more devastating, even at a lower magnitude than on the west coast.

[@Dratchev241]

well id say more "devastating" as for property damage part would be due to lack of quake protection. If we used say Japan building tech here a small quake would do nothing but annoy us a bit.

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

Good point. 🤔 Thank you for the comment.

[@nickp4961]

Very interesting point…thanks for sharing.

[@yourmom-po6xx]

Don't forget about SINKHOLES...

[@SixtyNice420]

Oklahoma residents: "YAY! We survived the tornado!" Famous last words before the earthquake

[@re1n441]

the good thing about oklahoma earthquakes are that they’re pretty weak. 🙏🏼we haven’t had a medium one since like 2014. but we did have a level 4 in december along with like 20 smaller earthquakes 😭

[@sueerickson9988]

@@re1n441the earthquakes are due to a deformed craton & fracking. Need more info watch .

[@savage.4.24]

​@@re1n441we had one in january. At almost midnight. I felt it because i was standing. Our change jar jingled too on the 2nd one because we had 2 back to back everyone thought it was one. USGS.gov keeps track

[@nelsontrick5660]

lol tornado today, eathquake tomorrow, pending famine or drought, pestilence.... God bless the usa and oklahoma, but man... always something

[@user-vr3mr5eu7y]

Earthquakes are quite unimpressive almost always

[@podmuse1994]

I am from Cincinnati OH and there was an earthquake somewhere in southern Illinois in 2008 that was felt here. I remember I was living in a apartment building on the 4th floor and I was asleep. I remember my bed shaking and the air vents making this screeching noise. It stopped and my mom was unbothered thinking it was a train (it was near a train track) but there was no train.

[@CortexNewsService]

Yeah, centered near Lawrenceville on the Wabash. It was a 5.0. I was living in Chicago then and it was felt there too. I slept through it though.

[@peacefulpossum2438]

I was in Louisville, and it woke me up. I went back to sleep, and only found out it was an earthquake when I later turned on the news.

[@steved2656]

I live about an hour from that epicenter. Woke us up. Felt like a gentle roll for about 20-30 seconds. We had an aftershock later that morning around 10 am. The kicker was, I had a vasectomy THAT Morning. 😂 I was a tad paranoid that we’d have an aftershock or an even bigger one right when he had knives down there. We were at Denny’s by the time that aftershock happened. Lol

[@missgrim4646]

I live in Indiana I was a senior in high school. And I woke up and told my parents the house was shaking. 😂 my cat was bouncy around

[@jillthompson1248]

I live in east central Illinois and it woke me up I was positive I had big coons in my ceiling and walls the after shocks the next day would surprise you but only a little shake

[@leewomack3498]

About ten years ago I saw a documentary on the New Madrid fault area and what had occurred and it was frightening. I live in NE and we have our teeny quakes and I used to really feel quakes when we lived in Calif.....but this one, the New Madrid for some reason really scares the crap out of me! 😮

[@dianegerlach2454]

The timing of this is interesting since we are close to the total eclipse event and the one in 1811 followed a total eclipse

[@geraldrussell3389]

Yup 👍

[@geraldrussell3389]

👍

[@Iwatchyourvideos]

Thinking the same thing

[@BrakingFree78]

my gut tells me its coming soon.... I could be wrong but.....

[@RednecksDoItBetter1]

The 1811 earthquake not only preluded a total solar eclipse but also the same penumbral lunar eclipse that just happened and the passing of comet pb-13 “devil comet”

[@fyrf0x8910]

As a St. Louis native, yes, I am very familiar with this. Even though I live in California I've never felt an earthquake here, in fact I felt one for the first time when I lived in St. Louis, it was like a 3.5 or 4.0 i don't really remember for sure but it was pretty light and didn't break anything in my house.

[@MrDEWaters]

I live near Kirkwood, MO, and have felt four earthquakes since I moved here from the Los Angeles area in 1983. One of them was only a quick shuddering sensation---but there was a sound accompanied by it. I thought at first that it was an explosion off in the distance. The Northridge earthquake was centered only a mile and a half from the house where I grew up in California.

[@Idrinklight44]

Born and raised in STL also, I got to feel the Northridge quake, also got to see the ground move while in a helicopter!

[@MusicLeeSarah]

Grew up in soco now in jeffco. I feel and hear every quake here. I don't know if it's paranoia or sensitivity or both

[@fyrf0x8910]

@@MusicLeeSarah I'm from Soco too, what a small world

[@ivorwm2291]

Just wait

[@joeanderson8839]

The New Madrid sizemic zone is much more scary to me than anything in California.

[@gmac8852]

Don't worry he just trying to scare you.

[@rse4379]

Check out the paths of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse across the US. What general area do their paths intersect?

[@jillthompson1248]

When it decides to really have a party it’ll be worse than anything California ever even thought of having and that is scary but you can’t tell when if even in our lifetime it’ll happen so don't worry about it

[@MrsBlack8998]

Lots of nuclear plants along the New Madrid Zone...

[@timg6176]

​@@jillthompson1248lol oh but you are very wrong. It's going to happen and very soon.

[@thomassecurename3152]

No where is totally safe…it’s always something.

[@jeremiahallyn4603]

That's very true.

[@c.conga11]

Minnesota is very safe

[@Sometimes17927]

@@c.conga11 I live in St. Paul Minnesota and the dangers are the 100+ degrees in summer the -0 temperatures in winter ( were having a winter heatwave right now ) deadly winter storms with 1 foot + snow and lastly is the arctic winds

[@JOGA_Wills]

Arizona is safe from any natural disasters

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

@@JOGA_Wills Shhh! Don't tell anyone! There are already about 5 million too many people already here.

[@shelbypatterson4655]

In the early 80’s we felt a quake from New Madrid all the way in Ashland KY the other end of KY. All the pictures in my grandma’s hall shook. Pretty scary for a kid.

[@jennifermorgan714]

My ex was the first one to inform me of the New Madrid zone. He said the earth rippled and the river changed direction. His mom said there are very few brick houses in the area because bricks would break in a quake, while wood siding would give and sway most likely without collapse.

[@pattimullins9179]

We used to live in Middle TN and our insurance agent put the fear of God in us about New Madrid. Also, Madrid is pronounced with a different accent-, as in MAD-drid.

[@siggydigdig]

Yes, he also mispronounced Cape Girardeau

[@swearenginlawanda]

​@@siggydigdiglol

[@dennisc6716]

@@siggydigdig Also Cairo.

[@robertmartinjr.4537]

The way its pronounced in that neck of woods is actually incorrect Madrid is pronounced as in the city Madrid Spain😂

[@Patrick94GSR]

@@robertmartinjr.4537 but that’s not how WE LOCALS pronounce it. New MAD-rid fault.

[@macsnafu]

I live in Tulsa. I hadn't really noticed the smaller earthquakes. Only two of the bigger ones really stand out in my mind. A few years back I was in a downtown skyscraper working, and the whole building seemed to shake and shudder. That got my attention. Fortunately, it was short-lived. The only other one I've noticed was the one from earlier this month, and while I knew something was going on, I didn't realize it was an earthquake. I was in bed trying to fall asleep (it was late evening) and I suddenly heard a terrible racket. I didn't know what it was, but it sounded like stuff was falling on the roof, or a lot of animals in the attic or something. I jumped out of bed but obviously didn't see anything. My guess is that loose boards and other stuff in the attic were jumping around because of the earthquake, and that that was what caused the noise. We used to make fun of California for having earthquakes, but now I don't know what to think!

[@pioneerprepper2048]

How to start preparing. Take three days during the work week and turn off your electric and water. Make do with what you can and write down things you needed and didn't have or tasks that were difficult. After you have this list, research alternatives Eat, wear and consume cheaper. Choose cheaper meals to create room in your grocery budget to put back food. Wear second hand clothes or put a spending freeze on clothes shopping in order to make room to buy what you'll need for the future (especially if you have small children who grow frequently). Consume less electricity, gas, propane by finding alternatives. This may mean using a crock pot, hang drying clothes, using candles at night and opening windows for sunshine during the day etc. With the wiggle room you've created in those bills you now have some money to buy more food storage, medical supplies or invest in a small solar unit. Make an edc bag. This is something you will carry all the time (on your person or in your car) that could provide you with what you and your family need for 3 nights. Think about what you may put into an overnight bag if you were to stay at a hotel. This will ensure even if something happens and you're out you're able to shelter in place Understand how to take care of medical emergencies at home. Remember that in a major event, ems could be down or unavailable for sometime. While this is never the first line of defense in an emergency, understanding how to manage medical emergencies (high infections, deep wounds, pneumonia, asthma attacks, shock, 2nd and 3rd degree burns, poisoning, radiation sickness, torn ligaments, allergic reactions, excessive bleeding) while you wait on help can be life and death. Food, water, temperature control are your highest priorities. If faced with a major event where services are limited for more than 3 days, having stored food as well as a way to cook, a way to filter and store water, and a way to keep yourself cool or warm can be life altering. Please remember as we are entering or for some of us are already in uncertain times, having this foundation gives security as well as lowers stress. It allows us to feel more in control and gain a more positive perspective on not only our lives but the world. I'm willing to answer any questions from my own experience in the comments if you feel overwhelmed!

[@abigail01441]

Tools. That is the one that has me stumped. What manual, not power tools, do you recommend?

[@pioneerprepper2048]

@@abigail01441 anything that you would use in your daily life or to repair what you need for daily life. For instance, you have to do dishes, laundry, and shower every day no matter what. Even if the whole world is imploding you have to do that. So do you have a way to heat water, wash your clothes, bathe and how would you fix those things if it broke and you couldn't have someone fix it. Getting a little deeper, we have a washing machine that can easily run off a small solar generator. So I have replacement parts specific to that washer plus any tools I would need to swap them out. Do that for everything in your house and schedule. It's better to assume you'll have your normal schedule through the emergency rather than mad max and you'll have all this free time. Then start adding up what you need. As for other tools, think about what would be helpful for gardening, building new minor things, but also be realistic. Are you going to be plowing a field of 100 acres if crap hits the fan? Do you have that much land? If the answer is no, trying to obtain oxen and a hand plow probably isn't functional. Did that answer your question? I think maybe you were hoping for a list, unfortunately I can't make that for you because I don't have the specifics of what your family needs. But you absolutely do so go from that as a foundation then build from there.

[@brikskwadmafia6526]

what a novel

[@pioneerprepper2048]

@@brikskwadmafia6526 yeah it takes a lot

[@jennyhong6746]

Great info. Been in several major natural disasters without power/communication/running water for a month and until you experience it, you just don’t know what you truly need most vs what you think you may need.

[@Judy0910]

I like in Arkansas, and I have always feared the New Madrid. I live in the Ozarks, and I have felt the shaking sometimes.

[@EricBillups-o4x]

A fear of mine (I live above Louisville, KY) is that we are sheltering in the basement during a tornado warning and an earthquake hits.

[@bullgravy6906]

If that happens it was just your time.

[@carreemayree7]

Omg I've had this unreasonable fear my whole life of being stuck in a tornado and the building I'm in catching fire😅😂 but dang never had the thought of a earthquake either way were dead 😭

[@jerirotramel9306]

I have been in caves in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma and there is a fault line that runs mostly westward through all three states

[@usa9066]

Living in Tennessee,, at night we can feel the ground shaking while laying in bed, , our bobble head even shakes and no one walking, really creepy

[@jamiejones9688]

Dude I thought I was crazy I'm between chattanooga and knoxville.. I live on a fault line it's been alot past 6 months

[@revolutionarysoldier8696]

How interesting I'm in Ohio and we've seen a huge uptick in the frequency of Earthquakes in the last few years.

[@simplyjamy1892]

Are these showing on the USGS earthquake map? I felt what I thought was a small quake during the night last night in Oklahoma but it didn't show on the map.

[@xxwoman]

I’m in Memphis and I too sometimes can feel my body shaking as I lie on the mattress! Once not too long ago there was a small earthquake and I was somehow the only one in the house that felt it. I confirmed that there was an eq online.

[@absolutefreedom9437]

@@revolutionarysoldier8696 that's bc the sicko's in charge are trying to play god.

[@orangemarmaladesky]

That Cape Girardeau pronunciation, woof. It's more like Gerard-doe.

[@BobDeGuerre]

And "New MAH-drid" Source: from So IL

[@TheOnBoardLife]

growing up and living in St. Louis, we learned it was pronounced Mah' drid, the A is like cat. emphasis on the first syllable. And as already mentioned in the stream, its Cape jer ar' deau. empahsis on the middle syllable. Good try. The area of the state in MO has a deep French heritage.

[@robfigulski1139]

Ya.. That was butchered...

[@leslietaylor4458]

Yeah that made me choke on my spaghetti 😂, from Chester IL area

[@knoahbody69]

AI doesn't care. It's one of the ways you know it's fake.

[@eastfrisian_88]

I read reports from old sources about the series of earthquakes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone and found them scary and fascinating at the same time. I live in northwest Germany, so far away, and there were smaller earthquakes of up to magnitude 4 here that were directly linked to natural gas extraction in the Netherlands, and there was some damage to buildings in Groningen. I visited my father 12 years ago and we felt vibrations as if a very heavy truck had driven past the house and the glasses rattled quietly in the kitchen cupboard for maybe 2-3 seconds. The next day we read in the newspaper that there had been a minor earthquake in the Netherlands. The largest natural gas field in Europe in the Netherlands has now been closed due to various risks (earthquakes, ground subsidence, etc.). So, I can well imagine that the earthquakes in Oklahoma could be caused by oil production.

[@billwilson-es5yn]

Oklahoma is full of ancient faults where unknown faults are discovered after they create an earthquake. The oldest ones are in the North Central region where the end of the failed Midcontinent Rift Zone stopped in Kansas. There's another failed rift zone in Southern Oklahoma that runs from the SE corner to the NW to the Arbuckle Mountains. The Arbuckles and Wichita Mountains are the remains of the Amarillo - Wichita Highlands which were part of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. Those were eroded down and buried with sediment when South America ran into the North American plate to create the Marathon-Ouachhita Mountain Range that became part of the Southern Appalachian Mountain Range. It snaked across Texas from Eagle Pass up to Oklahoma where it curved East to run thru Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. The Ouachita Mountains in Oklahoma and Arkansas are the remaining roots that haven't eroded away yet. The USGS doubted that Oklahoma's swarms of earthquakes were caused by fracking or wastewater disposal wells and only were multiple faults releasing energy one at a time. There were a few earthquakes that could have been caused by wastewater disposal wells so the USGS told them to stop using those and use others further away.

[@nwilcox1120]

I was in Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. The morning of 11/9/1968 I was out in a large open field at a cross country race when the earthquake hit. It seemed like it lasted a long time, but I’m sure it wasn’t as long as it felt. The cars parked there were bouncing up and off their wheels. They kind of looked like they were being dribbled.. We could see the earth moving in waves. Everyone there was looking around for something to grab on to. I lived in a 17 floor dorm that had just opened in August. The kids along the top few floors were rolled or thrown out of their beds. My roommate on the 14th floor was one of them, and our room was trashed. It was an interesting start to my freshman year.

[@billwilson-es5yn]

We were playing basketball out in the alley in Hammond, Indiana (next to Chicago) when we felt the ground shake. The first thing we did was to look north to see if a refinery had blown up. We found out later on the evening TV news report.

[@goodchessactor]

I think the people of New MAD-rid get upset if you pronounce it like the capital of Spain.

[@selanryn5849]

That's their problem.

[@TheBaldr]

It was named by Spanish Governors after the capital of Spain.

[@america2revolt]

HAHAHAHA I said that too. It's New Mad...Rid

[@LavitosExodius]

That's their problem as it was originally named by the Spanish so it's correct to say it that way.

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

@@LavitosExodius No, in all the world, a place name is only correctly pronounced as the locals do. Any one who travels at all will tell you that.❤️🐝🤗

[@CortexNewsService]

The 1968 Dale quake and another one in 2008 under Lawrenceville, Illinois were caused by the Wabash seismic zone just northeast of the New Madrid zone, running along the borders if Illinois and Indiana. I've followed this zone a lot since I live near it. Scientists don't expect there to be a repeat of 1811-12. They think the region will have a 6.5 within 50 years. That's still strong enough to cause damage even in California. But he was right about building codes and age of infrastructure here. Where a 6.5 would cause slight to moderate damage in Cali, it would still be devastating here. Most town centers here have brick buildings that haven't been reinforced. They'd be toast. But the really big worry is bridges. Most if our bridges are ild and already in severe need of repair or replacement. That is gonna block rivers (don't forget, the Ohio is there too) and severely limit moving aid between states.

[@danidarkocartoons]

i live in the st. louis metro east area. my dad grew up in Dale and went to high school in McCleansboro. i think he had already moved the the STL area by 1968 though.

[@Pushing_Pixels]

A 6.5 in an area not designed to accommodate them is a very big deal. Hopefully there isn't a cluster of big ones like 1812.

[@ronalddaub9740]

I remember our top heavy cook stove rocking back and forth

[@kb2706]

There is absolutely a minor fault line in northern Oklahoma. The USGS had published a paper I had read that said it was initially inconclusive the waste stream injections had reawakened the fault, but I felt earthquakes there in my 16 years BEFORE the industry had taken off. You might need to take another look.

[@loganskiwyse7823]

There is no actual evidence for a fault line that I am aware of in Oklahoma, however it like many places does have a history of earthquakes. There are actually a number of natural geological processes or events that can cause a smaller earthquake that can still be felt. This is even more true in the heartlands because the age of the bedrock will amplify (extend not power) quakes that in California would be muted by the same material since it is far younger and can absorb some of the energy instead of spreading it out. Landside, mine collapse, cave(void) collapse, and in rare cases even large storms have "shook" the ground. With the later only really detectable with seismic equipment. The main thing to take note of excluding "fracking" is if your area has no record of an earthquake greater or equal to a 5.0 you probably do not have much to worry about. Just stay away from anything that might fall over or get into a doorway if you think it is more serious. They should usually last only a few seconds, not minutes meaning storms are a far greater threat any given year. As this year is proving to be one of the worst in recent history and may become a record breaker. Final note, there are always cracks in the earth's crust no matter where you live. Any of these can generate small earthquakes. Usually, we do not consider these as fault zones just due to relative size. In general, a fault zone has to be several miles long and what I am talking about here is often under 5 miles at their largest. (that is an estimate since as far as I know, no one is really looking at these with any serious scientific effort).

[@kb2706]

@@loganskiwyse7823 well I lived there, and it was mapped. So…

[@loganskiwyse7823]

@@kb2706 checking. I just watched a video not showing any fault lines. But they are all over the place. Most are like I described. But let me check and see if my information is outdated. I will get back to you shortly.

[@loganskiwyse7823]

@@kb2706 d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/atoms/files/OklahomaPreliminaryFaultMap1.pdf Ok so they have updated this with all those smaller cracks I was talking about above. These are not like San Andreas or New Madrid as they are basically along upper mantel folds in the geology. Except there is a 300-million-year-old major crack that was inactive until fracking started. (maybe more?) I would expect this actually anywhere just east of the Rockies just did not know it had been found. Since the eastern Rockies where not made the same way as those along the coast.

[@kb2706]

@@loganskiwyse7823 don’t bother, dude. I know I’m right. I don’t require your validation. Just pointing out you can do a 30 second google image search for graphics with USGS/OGS as the source. I tried uploading one, but KZbin doesn’t allow it on here

[@wa13601]

Thank you, Geoff for this info-I live in Cabondale IL & forgot about New Madrid. you are right, buildings in the midwest states are NOT built to withstand quakes. Grew up in Chicago- felt that 1968 quake. I needed this reminder, Thank You.

[@Goat_Sass]

8:00 you forgot I-40 (one of 3 MAIN interstates from east to west. THROUGH Memphis]) I-10 (gulf coast) would be bad too from residual.

[@subman721]

I was 16 when on the morning of January 17, 1994 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) The Northridge Earthquake shook my water bed apart. I lived in South Orange County, CA. Now I live in Knoxville Tennessee. So now I've got Tornadoes, Hurricanes(remnants) and Earthquakes to contend with. Oh the Joy!

[@CortexNewsService]

At least no blizzards, right?

[@swinde]

@@CortexNewsService Knoxville can have a blizzard, but it is very rare.

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

Don't forget flooding

[@cleokatra]

Knoxville is too far east to have significant damage from a New Madrid event. There would be minor damage, but not the catastrophe that awaits Nashville and points west through Springfield, MO

[@subman721]

@@cleokatra I’m guessing there can be Earthquakes here in Knoxville. Those mountains didn’t form by themselves. Just look at the Appalachians from a satellite photo they look crazy.

[@GilbertSandusky]

The reason there is a New Madrid, Mo is the original town of Madrid disappeared during the 1811-18112 earthquakes, This zone is actually a rip in the earths crust so it's not like other zones where one plate pushes over another.

[@amymartin7508]

It is a caldrin, it will sink back to maps you have never seen. Oh, who cares? The poles are gonna flip. Why argue. Just get along doing survival and survive.

[@twotone3471]

What? No. The uplift of the Ozarks is a geologically recent thing, making the hills of the Ozarks newer than the Rocky Mountains. The Reelfoot fault is active because of the stress pushing North America westward, and being in-between two sedementary deposits that thickened north america's crust east and west of the fault. The fault itself is likely older, likely a reminant of the Yavapai Orogeny when the Yavapai Exotic terrane hit and was welded onto North America.

[@hotrodray6802]

Old town sunk

[@LeScratch89]

That's not correct. Historically that area was controlled by Spain and the town was settled in part by people seeking cheap land. That Spanish influence over the territory is the reason for the name, in much the same way New York was named after (old) York in England.

[@MichaelfromtheGraves]

The town was called Nueva Madrid by Spanish settlers in 1780. Do you usually just make up facts in the comments?

[@c.conga11]

I thought I was crazy but in Oklahoma City and Tulsa I feel a lot of earthquakes over the years

[@annabrahamson4320]

Caused by fracking

[@Jerrymc1975]

Caused by farting

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

Yep .. the crust is all busted up here, which is why we are able to drill down just a little ways to reach the oil. Without those fractures, we would have to drill for MILES to get to the stuff, rather than just a couple thousand feet. As long as human beings have been here, we have reported earthquakes .. even today, you can still drive about and ask a local about the tremor they felt last week, and you will be able to find SOMEONE that felt it - they really are that common, and have been for all of recorded history, and before. Welcome to my home, please pick up after yourself. This isn't California!

[@andyaskew1543]

@@annabrahamson4320 Not fracking.

[@rse4379]

Look up the paths of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse and where they intersect.

[@josephdegarmo]

Guys, don't forget about the 5.7 earthquake which rocked Utah in 2020 with the epicenter near the SLC Int'l Airport. It occurred along the Wasatch fault along the Interstate 15 corridor and caused some minor damage to buildings as well as several power outages.

[@michaelmartin4816]

I live in central Virginia & have been wondering lately if a large quake from New Madrid could potentially set off another quake here like the one we had that occurred back in August 2011. What's your thoughts on something like that actually happening? I'm a big earth & space science nerd & try to keep up with a lot of what happens & know that quakes typically relieve pressure but I think when something slips & moves that it can potentially create pressure elsewhere that will eventually need released. Have you done a video on Virginia's earthquakes? Excellent video & I've now subscribed!

[@sethmaki1333]

The REALLY big one is the Pacific Northwest megathrust subduction fault. When it last blew in 1700, it caused a tsunami that caused major damage to Japan.

[@indiasamara]

My concern is that this upcoming eclipse will set off an earthquake up there and it will do some serious damage unlike we’ve ever seen before

[@sethmaki1333]

@@indiasamara yeah, that ain't gonna happen. The three bodies in alignment don't produce a large enough gravitational effect to cause major seismic activity here.

[@greenktoo]

Also, a large quake in one area of a fault, can trigger quakes in other areas. ( see turkey )

[@redacted9526]

@@greenktoo the bigger concern here is Yellowstone n any other volcanos that are near or in a area of a earthquake

[@donfrerking8506]

Hi Geoff, I’m new to your site but not new to the new Midrid fault zone. Quickly I’ll just let you know that we, my wife and I, were married November 9, 1968 (11am cst) in Lebanon, IL., during the largest earthquake in the Midrid since 1812. To Say that it was an earthshaking event, our marriage and the earthquake, would be an understatement, finally just to let you know our first address was 13 ❤🎉😅Rocky Dr. and we’ve been happily married for 56 years. Thanks for the update it was well done. Oh, by the way, church bells rang in Montreal that day

[@RespectfullyCurious]

Geoff: "the Mississippi river can reverse" Chicago: *sweating intensifies*

[@brianoconnor1721]

the Hudson:

[@raybod1775]

Chicago is hundreds of miles away, a New Madrid earthquake would do little.

[@windycityliz7711]

The so-called reversal of the Mississippi happened well below St Louis. Chicago, which sits on the Illinois River 400 miles north, is not sweating.

[@indiasamara]

@@raybod1775unless the water from the Great Lakes flow down the fault line

[@alexharbour7199]

@@raybod1775 do your homework

[@X_Hog]

In my geology class, we studied the New Madrid fault, and the fact other isn’t near a plate boundary is interesting. From someone that has grown up in the south, we pronounce it the New Mad-rid fault, and Cape Girardeau as Cape Ga-rar-doh. Minor points in a good video. Keep up the good work.

[@tieldavis1952]

Cape Ji-Rawr-Dough

[@oceanlightning22]

And Kay-Roe

[@LarryGist68]

Don’t forget Hay-tie

[@ellacarrera9552]

he said madrid correctly

[@X_Hog]

@@ellacarrera9552 I guess you missed the qualifier of it being a local pronunciation. It’s a touch of local flavor, just like every part of the world has their own dialect.

[@marnavanloo7302]

Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco we feel vulnerable too. God bless.

[@spddiesel]

As a kid growing up in northwest Illinois, the story was the big one was coming on June 7, 1989 at 1:23:45 in the morning. It didn't, of course, and it was only later later I figured out the whole logic behind 1:23:45 on 6/7/89 🙄

[@keriezy]

You all had the date wrong... you should have used the European way of ddmmyy not mmddyy. On the 6th of July had you been ready..... /s

[@MusicLeeSarah]

Man I'm terrified of earthquakes and I was up all night sick just full of anxiety waiting for that earthquake as a kid I spent the whole night in my living room under the coffee table I stayed home from school the next day because I was literally sick from the anxiety all night if I remember I wasn't clinton like inaugurated the next day

[@Minecraftpe120Bt]

@@keriezy no, it should be mmddyy, inches not centimeters, Fahrenheit not Celsius, miles not kilometers lol 💀💀💀

[@tenabarnes3269]

@spddiesel you win the comment section!😂😂😂

[@tieldavis1952]

​@@MusicLeeSarahClinton was inaugurated January 1993. Not even close...Bush Sr was January 1989. There weren't any inaugurations in June of 1989. 😂

[@rundbaum]

i live in arcadia, ok . . . that one a few weeks ago felt 'concerning.' we mud dawb over here, there are amethysts buried here around lake arcadia. people come to dig up crystals. it's a really weird place . . .

[@nickp4961]

That is interesting…How is it a weird place. I am somewhat of a “rock hound” and this sounds like something I would like to try. Thanks!

[@rundbaum]

@@nickp4961 looks like ozzy & hairriet-ville; they filmed 'rainman' here!' i actually live in guthrie which is a bit off from the lake hound area. i have a huge quartz chunk that my mom said was dug up by an oil co rig in the 40s, it came from around arcadia. odd that there have been 5.5 earthquakes emmanating from here lately . . .

[@stuffandjunkandthings364]

In your explanation of the possible effects of a New Madrid quake, you failed to mention a very large possibility that would likely cause more casualties and property damage than the quake itself- The Wolf Creek dam. It has had numerous issues with the limestone foundation being porous and leaking, even moderate seismic activity would increase the likelihood of partial failure or complete collapse. If the reservoir was anywhere near full pool if this hypothetical situation were to occur, the city of Nashville (as well as any other cities located downstream of the dam) would cease to exist as we know it. I realize that it's a bit distant of the theoretical epicenter, but given the dams tenuous history with water retention, and the number of repairs that have been needed in recent years to prevent failure, I believe it is something worth mentioning.

[@Octopuscoast]

Glad you brought that up. I've heard a bit about this on the news. Which concerns me , since I live near Nashville.😮

[@virginiawatson6170]

I know of the Cumberland but didn't know the Dam was so fragile. I'm in the New Madrid zone and told my family I'll head east to Nashville. Looks like I need a new plan.🤨 Prepare your heart's for Jesus 🙏 and your homes for earthquakes. Have a tool READY to shut off gas. Keep a pool noodle in your car.

[@RenaMaaka]

I'm from Southeast Missouri, I live and was raised in a small town about 20 minutes away from New Madrid. I really hope this never happens!

[@gonwyte8534]

I'm from Corning, AR. Heard about the quakes as a kid, didnt know much until I looked into them when I got older

[@aracelispadilla4681]

That spot in the new Madrid looks so close to where the 2017 eclipse and the incoming eclipse in April cross path... pay attention on the 3rd day after the eclipse in April..

[@One-z6y]

Why the 3rd day?

[@cardiemarie4798]

What’s gonna happen on the 3 day?

[@ThisDudeKhyle]

@@cardiemarie4798 Possibly an earthquake? It could be wrong, but I’d pay attention to the ground and if it starts shaking.

[@kimberlydelucia4142]

It's truly sad to see just how many people don't see the Father Yahwah God in anything anymore. In six days the Father Yahwah God made everything. From Heaven to the Earth, even made man in his image. Six days of making something so beautiful but can be destructive. If you know what I'm saying you will understand but if you don't know, Get a Bible and learn just how amazing The Father Yahwah God is and all the knowledge he will bring to you about the world Earth and the Earthquakes as well.. Stay blessed and with the Father Yahwah God because there is know fear..

[@TwoBs]

@@cardiemarie4798 Nothing. The 2017 eclipse took a similar path over the same areas over several seismic zones and fault lines, just from west to east instead of this year’s path being southwest to northeast. If anything was going to happen, it would’ve happened then. I’d wager the same types spouting this paranoia believed that the world would end in 2012 because of the Mayan calendar. They will just find new events and dates to attach more shit to once the first week of April passes.

[@Richard-nq7dk]

Did you know that the 1811-12 earquakes followed a set of eclipses like the 2017-24 eclipses. The epicenter was 100 miles away fro the intersection od the eclipses. It happened like a month or two after the eclipses.

[@windycityliz7711]

And yet, after the most recent eclipse, the earth did not shake.

[@Richard-nq7dk]

@@windycityliz7711 havnt had the last one yet..i guess we will see soon enough though. Probably nothing? Bu it happened last time this happeed.... And this time we have major solar.activity alos?

[@penguinpog6674]

Main stream isn’t talking about this. History repeats itself. Did you know also after the 1811 solar eclipse followed war with Britain and a pandemic?

[@Richard-nq7dk]

@@penguinpog6674 ecclesiastes .....nothing new under the sun. Whats been.done will be done again

[@debratorres5299]

I noticed that the 2 eclipses cross in the fault area, nowhere else!

[@geraldmeehan8942]

Thank you for remembering New Madrid

[@chrism3784]

I literally drove through that area coming back home from the west recently and would have never known if there was an earthquake happening because of how bad and bumpy the roads are in that area while driving through.

[@Zytron]

I remember that 5.1 magnitude earthquake near OKC. I could feel it from Tulsa County. It happened just a week or two ago

[@trenae77]

I am a geology geek and a Missouri native. I also work for Insurance, so when I took an Earthquake course a few years back, the instructor was woefully under-informed of what to expect. Here I was the only non-claims student in the class piping up that we’ll be dealing with flooding, field saturation, major issues with river travel. “Oh, and if it’s strong enough, Memphis is gone.” Fast forward three years when I took the course again to refresh; the instructor saw me and laughed. “You know what, I took an onsite course this past summer down in the New Madrid area and everything you said was right.” The only thing he didn’t correct was how much documentation we had. To him, we have ‘nothing to rely on’ since nothing has happened in over 200 years.’ A co-worker took the class with me this time around so when I spoke up about how the newspapers of the time had plenty to report, she was laughing along with me. The thing was - he was looking local … but not taking into affect just HOW far the impact ranged and who all responded.

[@kimberleemurphy9390]

YOU PREACH IT. I LIVE I. GRAVES CO. KY. MY DAD WANTED TO BE SPRINKLED IN KIRBYS POCKET. MY MOMMA TOO. THE LILYPADS WHEN I WAS LIL WAS LIKE SO BIG I WANTED TO STAND ON THEM. IT IS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL CREATION FROM SUCH DESTRUCTION. GOD IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL🛐✝️💜

[@Wayfarer889]

@@trenae77 Do you know how a big quake in the New Madrid zone would affect Kansas City? Do you think it would affect water/electricity/buildings here?

[@CapricornGirl9]

I grew up in Western PA, I recall an earthquake rocking the area around 1986. I was in the library at school and the whole building shook, it was crazy. Thanks for posting this.

[@user-gy8jt8wj4e]

Felt that one in Ohio too! I was a senior in high school. We had no idea what was happening

[@simplyjamy1892]

I felt that one in Michigan. The pictures on the wall rattled.

[@militaryhomes6292]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention that the Solar eclipse is going right over this spot on April 8 and all the planets are going to line up.... I know I sound like a crazy person but look it up. That'll put some interesting gravity pull to that spot.

[@robertschmidt9296]

I heard 7 planets plus moon and sun. And there are seven cities named Nineveh in its path. The first city it goes through is eagle pass Texas. The last eclipse path that this one crosses had seven cities named Salem.

[@militaryhomes6292]

@robertschmidt9296 I didn't hear about that but that's interesting 🤔

[@robertschmidt9296]

@@militaryhomes6292 I also heard that the last time two eclipse paths crossed like this, three months later the new Madrid earthquake happened.

[@tornadochaser1969]

Your correct...I am saying all that gravity in one line for that 1 minute...we might get a Madrid move...its science ..that 1 min the pull on fault line is more than a hiccup. Look to Caribbean plate little and surrounded on all sides... have a good day you are on right track.

[@sashajames6835]

They are closing schools in AR (some areas) to watch the eclipse, a lot of people come to this area on April 8.

[@barbararussell1498]

I live near New Madrid, we feel small quakes all the time

[@theIAMofME]

I'm in West TN. Yup, we feel them too.

[@pamsummers1176]

I live in Missouri K.C. area ,I'm 64 ,and heard of this all my life, I don't think my house would do good at all if I got a earthquake

[@patrickclawson9622]

As a native of St Louis, this was destined to be the topic of the first academic research paper I ever wrote. The idea of the Mississippi River running backwards in 1811 to 1812 is more terrifying, the more you think about it. Thank you for nailing down the 9 November 1968 date, 'cause that was probably when my mother said everything in the kitchen started rattling.

[@savage.4.24]

I have to say fracking. Fracking is what is going on in oklahoma. Along with horrendous winds tornadoes snow ice and humidity akin to a rain forest- our weather REALLY has alot to offer. Sometimes(much to our dismay)all in the same week!

[@AcuraLvR82]

He likely didnt use that specific word due to demonetization issues.

[@selanryn5849]

Perfect location for the tallest skyscraper in the US.

[@MultiTasker888]

Seriously? 😒😒

[@don2deliver]

The Native Americans had a name for girls born during an earthquake.'Maralah' So It's not caused by fraking. Fracking may allow softer releases of Tectonic pressure, but that's not been established. '

[@franklinj1038]

That frickin and frickin again 😳

[@8475143117]

I grew up in So. Cal and spent the GREATER of my life in So. Cal. waiting for the BIG one that never came so I got impatient and finally left...

[@kevingiven3463]

Wow, I read a book called "The Vision" by David Wilkerson, the "Cross and the Switchblade" preacher, who seemed to accurately predict the Japan Tsunami of a few years ago. Your video triggered in my memory another one of his predictions, an Earthquake somewhere in the U.S, where it will be least expected. This book was written in the 1970's. Just wow!

[@binkybabe6452]

We watch Wilkerson sermons all the time! Awesome!

[@xxwoman]

Where it’ll least be expected? Well, we are expecting it here on the New Madrid so I hope he saw it elsewhere!

[@kevingiven3463]

You might be expecting it, but is the rest of the nation expecting it there? @@xxwoman

[@xxwoman]

@@kevingiven3463 well yeah I mean it's the New Madrid.

[@charlenelorn560]

I listen to the late David Wilkersons sermons sometimes too !

[@tracy3418]

Glad you mentioned Oklahoma! We've had so many huge earthquakes lately! Even had damage

[@WXFD-Media]

This seismic zone extends well into ILLINOIS and major population center of metro St Louis

[@michael7054]

Yeah St Louis is one of the most at risk cities definitely

[@TrueLady-m9v]

Yes, Be Prepared, Not Scared. A Wise Man Prepares 🙏🏻

[@trapperjohn6089]

All of the drilling in Oklahoma and Texas interrupts the path that the standing waves use to energize the seismic zone.

[@sagetmaster4]

Ya know you might be onto something. It's relieving tension on the compressing side of the fault zone

[@DSAK55]

and they unleash giant worms

[@franklinj1038]

Plus the atmospheric pressures to the curvature of the earth by constant vibration that consume the universe.......in layman terms

[@franklinj1038]

​@@DSAK55 Tremors ptVII

[@brikskwadmafia6526]

@@sagetmaster4 thats the more accurate answer

[@johnrottler4000]

Oklahoma actually does have a seismic belt The Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen which is an area that is highly faulted and shares a connection with the New Madrid fault system via a series of other faults And there is plenty of evidence for strong earthquakes in the region In fact the Meers fault ruptured around 1,200 years ago and produced a scrap that is visible on Google earth

[@MarcusBP]

You are 100% correct. And they have no idea when the next one will hit. Part of the Arbuckle formation, that does have a loose connection with the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

[@Truthseeker1957]

Wow, sounds like a long split would happen then. All the way from Illinois , to the gulf!@@MarcusBP

[@The_Reckoning_Is_Here]

The 5.8 that hit NY I felt in Boston - all of a sudden my bed started shaking it scared the daylights out of me I never want to experience it again.

[@andreabertetti3961]

It may seem small, but having grown up in southern Illinois (very close to this area) the pronunciation of these names are off. New Madrid is pronounced Mad-drid,, Cape Girardeau is Ji-rawr-doe, and Cairo is Care-o. There was also a 5.2 magnitude quake that struck near Mt. Carmel, IL on April 18, 2008 which is in the same area.

[@RefreshingShamrock]

I'm surprised they didn't teach this in any American history course. Considering the scale of these earthquakes.

[@idamcneill8005]

I can almost guarantee they did. Most of us just don't remember much of it. Especially if you didn't grow up in the area.

[@Spitfirethedragon]

We call the drilling for oil in these states as fracking. In Arkansas? They suspended oil fracking to study why all of a sudden quakes happening more west central than on the east side of Arkansas. They discovered smaller fault lines. In Oklahoma, they studied why quakes are happening there, and they found small fault lines that were dormant. Fracking in areas that had dormant fault lines would cause quakes.

[@tinamarie0701]

I grew up in St. Louis during the 70s and 80s ...we felt quakes all the time.. The New Madrd fault makes me nervous because my whole family still lives in that region! I really hope it doesn't happen in our lifetime! Thanks for the info.My nephew is studying to be a geologist😊

[@pinapple60]

I really hope for all your sakes it doesn’t happen. God Bless you and your family in fact everyone living in these areas.

[@tinamarie0701]

@@pinapple60 thank you

[@jonesyokc]

I live fairly close to where the 5.1 quake was centered in Oklahoma back in February. Felt like something hit the house. There were storms moving in and my first thought was storm winds had blown something into the side of the house. But then I felt the shaking and realized it was another quake. Had a couple 4 pointers a few weeks before that.

[@sicorange3]

It's peculiar, that with the last Eclipse in 2017 and now the eclipse tomorrow - where they crossed paths is almost an X on this area...

[@Greco4915]

If the New Madrid slips we're gonna definitely feel it here in VA. the 5.8 in Mineral has nothing on the New Madrid

[@craftycreek]

I grew up 30 miles from New Madrid, we had a small quake in the 90s. It goes off, every day, small ones. We grew up being taught what will happen if it goes off again. And prepare.

[@11223bigboy]

Grew up near Reelfoot lake (one of the lakes made during the 1812 quakes when the Mississippi river ran backwards) in NW Tn. My whole life people in my home town have said that there is gonna be another big one to hit "soon". Glad i moved a few years ago

[@nco_gets_it]

I grew up in southern IL and remember the 1968 quake. I remember seeing the ceiling of the building we were in move like waves on water...I was only 7 then but it was quite a sight.

[@memphisleftovers]

I live in Dyer county Tn which borders the Mississippi river. Im getting more prepared in the last few years with coleman cook stoves, lanterns and acc. The saying around here is not if, but when.

[@rhrh2025]

We had an earthquake in Memphis, in the early 70s that shook us pretty good. My understanding is that the fault line pretty much runs down the Mississippi River, and makes a turn near Dyersburg, Tennessee. If it ever cuts lose, it'll change the river, and probably wipe out Dyersburg!

[@Peggy-h7m]

I live across the river from Dyersburg in Blytheville 😊

[@rhrh2025]

So far, so good! Do you know the year when we had that earthquake? (1973?)

[@topplacetoLive]

Understanding potential seismic risks is important. Looking forward to learning more about the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Thanks for sharing this valuable information!

[@EntropyPersonified]

So having once upon a time taken geology, I distinctly recall the professor (who was very familiar with CA and earthquakes) stating there was one theory of creating numerous small earthquakes to prevent “the big one”. This was to be accomplished by pumping water into the fault. Assuming the fault wants to move the same distance over say centuries, more frequent and smaller moves would be less catastrophic. Yes, controversial…. That being said; is injecting frac fluid underground creating the stress or merely relieving existing stresses that would at some point be relieved in a larger event?

[@wheepingwillow24u17]

MAY I ASK WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS TO REPORT ON EARTHQUAKES/TOMOGRAPHY/LIQUEFACTION? THANK YOU. I AM INQUIRING AS I KNOW SOME THINGS BUT BEFORE DISCUSSING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. AGAIN THANKS.

[@natemiller6802]

Watching this after the New Jersey earthquake we just had. Always fascinating learning about the other fault zones

[@peggybaxter8480]

We have a lot of earthquakes in South East Tennessee. A few years ago we had a booming house shaker in the midd!e of the night. The episcenter was less than a mile from my parents house where I grew up.

[@Joe-j5j1u]

I believe the new Madrid seismic zone is linked or connected with the St Lawrence seismic zone and I'm almost positive, the St Lawrence seismic zone is at a very high risk for a 6.5-7.3 mag eq. And when this happens it will be far more devastating than the unlikely 6.0 eq in the new Madrid area. Needs a lot of study.

[@BradleyAdams-nj5hc]

I believe it's connected with bigfoot.

[@aprilgreen2006]

I live in Northern Indiana, when I was a kid and was at my grandparents' house (San Pierre Indiana) with my mom, I remember the New Madrid slipping and I felt that all the way to there to which it felt like a mac truck kitting the house and everything was shaking. My dad felt that at our house in Kingsford heights Indiana. This was in the 80's, that was the first time I have heard of the fault line. I am pretty sure that my aunt felt that in Michigan City Indiana.

[@realbrown3723]

You likely felt an earthquake from the Wabash Valley Fault Line that runs along Evansville in Southern Indiana/Illinois.

[@aprilgreen2006]

@@realbrown3723 maybe, it was a awhile ago. I just remember that it was weird and unsettling. Because even that fault line in not heard to slip often. Thank you.

[@scottc3029]

I think I remember this. In early June in the late 90's about mid day, I was packing to go on vacation. The house started shaking, and I thought a train was really close, but the nearest train track is 9 miles away! I live in north central Indiana. Then I heard on the news, it was a earth quake centered around St.Louis.

[@Grand_Master_Skywalker]

I live right in the heart of the New Madrid zone largest population center: just outside memphis TN. Been to Reelfoot lake which was one of the the lakes formed by the quakes of 1811-1812 when the Mississippi River flowed backwards. It’s a real cool lake and state park to go see. There’s a lot of Bald Eagles in the area and a really great farm raised catfish restaurant.

[@cartwrightworm1317]

There was a small earthquake in the Sycamore area of Illinois in 2010 and another near Lake in the Hills in 2015. These things can happen anywhere.

[@a.b.creator]

We felt a tiny bit of the 2010 one in southwest Kentucky..I worked at a Days Inn at the time it happened.

[@shannadelaney3575]

I felt that one I’m in Rockford, IL

[@jamohelton2163]

In middle Tennessee everywhere is basically sitting on sandstone all of the ground around here is caves especially my town specifically. when they were building the new high school apparently it collapsed and swallowed some of it and they filled in it and kept building so if one did happen this whole region would basically be a big field of open cracks and sink holes

[@flexx7543]

Massive fracking surely does not help...

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I've been hearing this all my long life...still here! My daddy just knew it was going to kill us all. He passed a couple of years ago without anything but a few tremors in his lifetime. We were from NE AR.

[@seannewberry7941]

FINALLY my home area in Southeast Missouri gets some recognition. When the fault lets go, it’ll be a mega disaster for sure.

[@donaldlyons537]

Please be careful what you wish for. I've never been to the Boot heel.... but I would like to visit. I did live in St Louis and sister and brother in law do currently.

[@oceanlightning22]

Good old Swamp East Mizzouruh!

[@Jugglingjoemama]

I was staying in Oklahoma City the weekend of February 2nd when the earthquake occurred. I was in my hotel room on the 12th floor when my bed started banging against the wall. I literally thought the people in the room next door were having too much fun until someone the next day told me there was an earthquake.

[@robertschmidt9296]

They were having so much fun that they caused an earthquake? WOW!

[@pinapple60]

Oh My this made me laugh so so much I think because it’s true, you literally thought that and didn’t even think for one minute it was an earthquake, that is why this is so funny!!

[@informationcollectionpost3257]

I have read that many pipelines, railroads, & major truck traffic transverses the region. If a large earthquake hits this region then all of this will come to a halt. This will then create major problems throughout the USA including massive shortages of gas, oil, & products along the Eastern USA sea board. Are there any future plans to rebuild the infrastructure of this region into something more earthquake resistant?

[@davehughesfarm7983]

We heck yes it does..It will screw them all up 200 miles in every direction and crippling the USA

[@shannonsmith924]

I live in the middle of Indiana. We’ve gotten very weak quakes like twice since I was a kid. But I kept having nightmares about a massive earthquake hitting my hometown and looking out my window to see the sidewalk push up and open up right outside my house. Granted I watched a lot of disaster movies at a kid. But it always made me wonder if Indiana would be a state vunrable to something like that. Also curiosity is if Tennessee could potentially have a super volcano dormant for centuries hidden in its mountains.

[@debbiec6216]

New Jersey had an earthquake , 4.8 Richter scale. 4/5/2024 I know back in 2008 in the Southwest Illinois had an 5.2 on the Richter Scale . Around 5 AM , windows shook , it woke everyone up !!! Then years later , I was sitting at my deck and I felt a small earthquake , not since that time .

[@reeblesnarfle4519]

Hello Geoff. Highly informative and educating. Not much of that left anymore. Thank you and God bless you.

[@markballard9942]

The emphasis on the name New Madrid is on the first syllable MAdrid

[@BrettJackson1]

Yep, it’s pronounced “New Ma-drid.” Short “a” sound, like in “cat.”

[@KanyeKetchup]

😂

[@kpresnell45]

My mom can feel the Oklahoma earthquakes all the way in Ozark, Mo. (Just south of Springfield, Mo.)