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“This poster summarizes a few of the more significant facts about the series of large earthquakes that struck the New Madrid seismic zone of southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas , and adjacent parts of Tennessee and Kentucky from December 1811 to February 1812.”
Tags: ads-by-google, arkansas, geology, Geology.com, kentucky, madrid, missouri, pennsylvania, satellite images, virginia, washingtonNumerous aftershocks have been felt following the M5.9 earthquake that occurred on August 23 near Mineral , Virginia . The strongest have been M4.2 and M4.5.
Tags: ads-by-google, arkansas, astronomy, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquake, earthquakes, Jobs, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, pennsylvania, virginiaThe Central Virginia Seismic Zone is an area that has been experiencing small earthquakes every year or two since at least 1774. The August 23, 2011 earthquake was the largest to be recorded in the zone.
Tags: afghanistan, arkansas, astronomy, california, earthquake, earthquakes, geology, massachusetts, middle-east, pennsylvania, satellite images, united-states, usgs, virginiaThe largest earthquake to strike Colorado since 1973 occurred at 11:46 PM last night near the community of Trinidad along the New Mexico border. A few buildings have been damaged by the M5.3 earthquake but early news does not report injuries or deaths. The area where the quake occurred has a history of small earthquakes
Tags: arkansas, astronomy, climate-change, geology, Geology.com, indonesia, marcellus-shale, satellite images“Several of the largest historical earthquakes to strike the continental United States occurred in the winter of 1811-1812 along the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which stretches from just west of Memphis, Tennessee into southern Illinois . These earthquakes produced at least three temblors between magnitude 7-8, and hundreds of aftershocks.”
Tags: ads-by-google, arkansas, geophysics, illinois, Jobs, kentucky, madrid, marcellus-shale, mexico, middle-east, satellite images, tennessee, virginia, washingtonCaltech researchers publish surprising information about the Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake that occurred offshore of Sendai, Japan on March 11, 2011. No other great earthquake has more data from satellites, seismograph networks and tsunami monitoring stations.
Tags: arkansas, california, climate-change, earthquake, earthquakes, geophysics, hazards-program, magnitude, marcellus-shale, mexico, plate-tectonics, satellite images, tsunami, waterAn article on ScienceMag.org reviews several perspectives on earthquake risk in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of the central United States.
Tags: arkansas, earthquake, geology, hurricanes, Jobs, kentucky, madrid, mississippi, satellite images, science, unitedDozens of people were killed this weekend as deadly tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas , Mississippi, Alabama , Georgia and North Carolina.
Tags: alabama, arkansas, deadly-tornadoes, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, georgia, marcellus-shale, meteorology, north-carolina, tornadoes, united-statesBased upon reviews of historical accounts of the large earthquakes that occurred in the New Madrid, Missouri area in 1811 and 1812, experts now estimate that their magnitudes were significantly lower – down from magnitude 7.7 to about 7.0.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, arkansas, california, earthquakes, environment, madrid, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, mississippi, missouri, virginiaA magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred about 10 kilometers below Honshu, Japan at 5:16 PM local time. A USGS estimated intensity map is shown below.
