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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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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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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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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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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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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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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