203 years ago today, the first of the New Madrid earthquake series - TopicsExpress



          

203 years ago today, the first of the New Madrid earthquake series struck in NW Arkansas. To this day, the New Madrid earthquakes are the most powerful earthquakes to shake the eastern US in recorded history. Remarkably, the quake even caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards, in what is called a seimic seiche. MORE INFO: blog.geolsoc.org.uk/2014/12/16/door-16-on-this-day-the-day-the-new-madrid-earthquakes-struck/#more-4339
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:00:01 +0000

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