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    The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
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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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    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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  • 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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    intraplate earthquakes. New Madrid Seismic Zone – Major seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States Wabash Valley Seismic Zone – Tectonic region...
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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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    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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    The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (also known as the Wabash Valley Fault System or Zone) is a tectonic region located in the Midwestern United States, centered...
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