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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Mississippi River (section New Madrid Seismic Zone)
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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Osceola, Arkansas (section The New South)
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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Metro Atlanta (redirect from World's largest toll-free calling zone)
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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Outline of plate tectonics (section Subduction zones)
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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Crustal recycling (section Seismic tomography)
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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