Missouri's New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquake Rumbles: 'The Big One' Ahead?!?

Don't worry, great devastation might be a few hundred years away . . . Or not at all. Scientists aren't really that good at predicting earthquakes — At least in real life and not by way of disaster movies or after-the-fact documentaries.

However . . . The tech that monitors the ground is top notch . . . Here's a worthwhile report . . .

Earthquake trackers recorded five earthquakes between 7:11 p.m. Monday and 3:40 a.m. Tuesday in northwest Tennessee, just east of the Missouri Bootheel.

The New Madrid Seismic Zone, located in southeast Missouri and adjacent states (Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Illinois) is the most seismically active area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.

This zone generated a massive family of quakes between 1811 and 1812 that changed the course of the Mississippi River. Experts believe the New Madrid Zone has been responsible for magnitude 7 to 8 intensity earthquakes about every 500 years over the past 1,200 years.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

5 earthquakes rattle Missouri's bootheel in 9 hours

NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. - The Midwest's most infamous earthquake zone was busy overnight, producing a handful of small earthquakes in less than nine hours. Earthquake trackers recorded five earthquakes between 7:11 p.m. Monday and 3:40 a.m. Tuesday in northwest Tennessee, just east of the Missouri Bootheel.

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