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    The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific...
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    Circum-Pacific Seismic Belt or Ring of Fire. Charlevoix seismic zone (Quebec, Canada) New Madrid seismic zone (Midwestern United States) South West seismic zone (Western...
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    The earthquakes, as well as the seismic zone of their occurrence, were named for the Mississippi River town of New Madrid, then part of the Louisiana Territory...
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  • city in New Madrid County New Madrid Seismic Zone, a major seismic zone in Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas New Madrid earthquake, a series of four earthquakes...
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    accessible only from the Missouri side. The New Madrid Seismic Zone, along the Mississippi River near New Madrid, Missouri, between Memphis and St. Louis...
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    intraslab events. New Madrid seismic zone – Major seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States Wabash Valley seismic zone – Tectonic region...
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    central United States in the event of a major earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Silt is easily transported in water and is fine enough to be carried...
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    New Madrid County. National Register of Historic Places listings in New Madrid County, Missouri New Madrid Floodway Project New Madrid Seismic Zone "Explore...
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    Three major fault zones lie near Alabama: the New Madrid, Eastern Tennessee, and South Carolina seismic zones. The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) lies particularly...
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    non-subduction zone earthquake ever recorded in the United States. New Madrid lies far from any plate boundaries, but it is on the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The...
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  • especially when a large event occurs in a seismically quiet area; see, for example, the New Madrid seismic zone, where events still follow Omori's law from...
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    populated by settlers. The extremely intense New Madrid earthquake swarm, produced by the New Madrid Seismic Zone nearby in present-day Missouri, struck the...
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    Cenozoic shoreline. The New Madrid Seismic Zone lies at the northern end of the embayment. It was the site of the large New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12...
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    The Wabash Valley seismic zone (also known as the Wabash Valley fault system or fault zone) is a tectonic region located in the Midwestern United States...
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  • of paleoseismology. Paleoliquefaction studies in areas like the New Madrid Seismic Zone, and the Wabash Valley have helped scientists and engineers determine...
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    plate. Geologic timeline of Western North America New Madrid seismic zone, an ancient intraplate fault zone within the North American plate, notable as early...
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    sediments during an earthquake. The New Madrid seismic zone exhibited many such features during the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes. Adjacent sand blows...
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    Oscar-winner In the Heat of the Night, and 1998's U.S. Marshals. New Madrid Seismic Zone Reelfoot Lake State Park "National Natural Landmarks - National...
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    on a small rise known as the Tiptonville Dome and within the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The Mississippi River is to the west and north, the Kentucky Bend...
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    the epicenter of the October 31, 1895, 5.9 Mfa earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The quake damaged virtually every building in Charleston, creating...
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    Eatonton in early April 2009. The New Madrid seismic zone (near the Missouri-Tennessee borders) and the seismic zone producing the 1886 magnitude 7.3 earthquake...
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    and on the north by the Wisconsin Arch. The New Madrid seismic zone and the Wabash Valley seismic zone intersect the southern portion of the basin. The...
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    western bank of the Mississippi River and within the seismically active New Madrid Seismic Zone. The Caruthersville Bridge is the only bridge crossing...
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    Limits". State Route 19 is located on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk. At the west end of the route...
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    27% is water. Halls is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk. As of the 2020 United States...
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    fault is close to, but appears to be separate from, the nearby New Madrid Seismic Zone. The Marianna Water and Sewer Commission directs the Marianna Water...
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  • Narmada River – River of central India in a rift valley New Madrid Seismic Zone – Major seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United StatesPages displaying...
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    The rift zone that contains the Gulf of Corinth in Greece The Reelfoot Rift, an ancient buried failed rift underlying the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the...
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    Lauderdale County is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk. Dyer County (north) Crockett...
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    the ancient Farallon slab drives localized mantle flow below the New Madrid seismic zone". Geophysical Research Letters. 34 (4): L04308. Bibcode:2007GeoRL...
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