Way back in 1811 and 1812, a series of over 1,000 earthquakes rocked the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis. One was so powerful that it caused the river to run backwards for a few hours.
Today, scientists say that the 150-mile-long New Madrid Seismic Zone has a terrifying 40% chance to blast in the next few decades, impacting 7 states – Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi – with 715,000 buildings damaged and 2.6 millions of people left without power.
We all know the terrifying power of the San Andreas fault. But there’s a fault in the Midwest that packs an even greater punch.
The New Madrid Seismic Zone, sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major active seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States. As shown in the map above, it stretches to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
Earthquakes that occur in the New Madrid Seismic Zone potentially threaten parts of 8 US states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Akansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi.
Scientists Discover Hotspot Track Cross-Cutting the New Madrid Seismic Zone
The historic 1811-1812 earthquakes of New Madrid, Missouri
The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, an intense intraplate earthquake series that began with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.5–7.9 on December 16, 1811, and was followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. No damages but a seismic seiche propagating upriver, and Little Prairie heavily damaged by soil liquefaction.
On January 23, 1812, 15:00 UTC (9:00 am local time), another M 7.0–8.0 earthquake hit in the Missouri Bootheel during a rupture on the New Madrid North Fault and resulting in ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks.
The strongest quake of the serie, a M 7.4–8.6 occurred on February 7, 1812, 9:45 UTC (3:45 am local time) near New Madrid, Missouri and was attributed to the Reelfoot Fault. The town of New Madrid was destroyed. In St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were severely damaged and their chimneys were toppled. The church bells even rang in Boston, which is 1,200 miles from St. Louis.
Uplift along a segment of this fault created temporary waterfalls on the Mississippi at Kentucky Bend, created waves that propagated upstream, and caused the formation of Reelfoot Lake by obstructing streams in what is now Lake County, Tennessee.
These 3 quakes (December 16, 1811; January 23, 1812; February 7, 1812) and the major aftershock (December 16, 1811) remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history.
Impact in unprepared zone
Unlike California, which has been super-prepared since the last major earthquake hit hard enough to delay the World Series, the New Madrid fault area has been sitting blissfully by.
In case the “40 percent” statistic didn’t bother you, this should: The New Madrid fault has an impact zone ten times as big as its more famous San Andreas cousin and most residents from all of the bordering states on the fault are totally unprepared, and the infrastructure is decades overdue for some quakeproofing.
As described by USGS: “In 1811, the extent of the area that experienced damaging earth motion, which produced Modified Mercalli Intensity greater than or equal to VII, is estimated to be 600,000 square kilometers. However, shaking strong enough to alarm the general population (intensity greater than or equal to V) occurred over an area of 2.5 million square kilometers.“
New Madrid vs. San Andreas
The unique geology in the Midwest increases the shaking intensity of earthquakes because energy from the New Madrid seismic zone moves through the dense bedrock underlying the mid-continent region at very high speeds, then becomes trapped in the soft sediments filling river channels and valleys.
Ground shaking would be magnified about 600 percent within the flood plain of the Missouri River, a development that would predict soil liquefaction and cause most of Missouri’s existing long-span bridges to collapse.
In contrast, the geology of California is thoroughly fractured by a series of faults, which, fortunately, serve to dampen seismic energy.
But both have something in common: they are overdue for a big earthquake.
Now you know, a moderate to strong New Madrid earthquake in 2019 would be a national disaster. And it’s more than just knocking down buildings and structures in St. Louis.
The real economic threat to the entire country is the disruption of communication and transportation lines, and underground pipelines, that move through the Midwest.
Lastly, you don’t get a warning from an earthquake. So my best advice if you live in this dangerous seismic active area of the United States is to have an earthquake plan – if you still don’t have one. And don’t wait too long, the next New Madrid Earthquake is slowly but surely building up!
- http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/lib/usgsjan03.htm
- https://news.mst.edu/2006/04/san_andreas_vs_new_madrid_midw/
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1811-1812newmadrid/summary.php
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-causes-fluvial-tsunami-in-mississippi
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World WAR 3 Reshaping around globe!
If Iran attacks Israel with Nuclear Bombs,Dallas and his colleagues nonetheless ran simulations for potential Iranian nuclear strikes on the Israeli cities of Beer Sheva, Haifa, and Tel Aviv using much smaller 15-kiloton weapons, similar in strength to those dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Their analyses suggest that, in Beer Shiva, half of the population of 209,000 would be killed and one-sixth injured. Haifa would see similar casualty ratios, including 40,000 trauma victims. A strike on Tel Aviv with two 15-kiloton weapons would potentially slaughter 17% of the population—nearly 230,000 people. Close to 150,000 residents would likely be injured.
In addition to killing more than 5.5 million people, a strike on Tehran involving five 250-kiloton weapons—each of them 16 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima—would result in an estimated 803,000 third-degree burn victims, with close to 300,000 others suffering second degree burns, and 750,000 to 880,000 people severely exposed to radiation. “Those people with thermal burns over most of their bodies we can’t help,” says Dallas. “Most of these people are not going to survive… there is no saving them. They’ll be in intense agony.” As you move out further from the site of the blast, he says, “it actually gets worse. As the damage decreases, the pain increases, because you’re not numb.”
In a best case scenario, there would be 1,000 critically injured victims for every surviving doctor but “it will probably be worse,” according to Dallas. Whatever remains of Tehran’s healthcare system will be inundated with an estimated 1.5 million trauma sufferers. In a feat of understatement, the researchers report that survivors “presenting with combined injuries including either thermal burns or radiation poisoning are unlikely to have favorable outcomes.”
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Yes Israel would be devastated…but Tehran would be glassed. The Jews aren’t known for moderation when attacked and they have many more nukes than Iran.
World War 3 reshaping fast?
A few days after the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE, the director of Mossad Yossi Cohen travelled to Emirates to meet with the national security adviser of UAE in Abu Dhabi.
According to Israeli media, Cohen and his counterpart discussed security cooperation, events in the region, and other common interest topics.
Second member of Tehran city council contracted coronavirus
Wednesday, 19 Aug 2020 07:51
Mohammad Alikhani, another member of Tehran city council announced that his coronavirus test was positive. Previously, the spokesman for the city council Ali Aata had also confirmed that he had contracted the virus. We are so glad he got Corona and now is death. Death to Islamic Republic of Iran.
World WAR 3 is in Motion.
US intelligence agencies have another bounty case in Afghanistan, alleging Iran paid the Taliban to attack American forces
It turns out Russia isn’t the only country that US intelligence agencies are anonymously accusing of paying bounties to Taliban fighters to attack US troops in Afghanistan. Another bogeyman, Iran, is allegedly to blame this time.
A foreign government paid bounties to the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network for an attack last December on the Bagram Air Base that killed two civilians and injured more than 70 other people, including four US troops, CNN reported Monday, citing a Pentagon briefing document. The media outlet said “two sources familiar with the intelligence” identified Iran as the country behind the bounties.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Bagram attack, which involved two car bombs. Ten Taliban fighters engaged in a firefight with security forces and were killed in airstrikes. At the time, US military officials said there were no casualties among US and coalition forces, although the Georgian Ministry of Defense said five of its troops suffered minor injuries.
Death to Islamic Republic of IRAN and TALIBAN . Israel has gone to Baghdad to bomb Iranian Militia loyal to IRGC.
Baghdad to Tehran is not far away and dry run was do successful. 300 f16-F18 and F35 will bomb hell of IRAN?
dates we already given last chance if Biden comes in Iran
will have full atom Bombs and our cities will be soon evaporates.
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CIVIL WAR USA NEWS: WE NEED LEARN FROM OTHER NATIONS STOP THIS MADNESS NOW. JESUS CHRIST SAID THOU SHALL NOT KILL..
At least 18 shot, four fatally, across Cincinnati as firefighters use bleach to clean blood off city’s streets
Cincinnati authorities said at least 18 people were shot across the city Saturday
Four of those individuals were killed, investigators said in a statement on Sunday
Officers responded just after 12.30am Sunday to the Avondale neighborhood and found 21-year-old Antonio Blair with gunshot wounds, police said
At about 2.15am, officers responded to a report of gunfire in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood where 10 people were shot, police said Bloods also runs on streets of New York city as well after 50 people shot or dead. Is this future of USA ? Please i beg you think of USA and have race tolerance and religion tolerance and political differences . I was predicted this very accurately at least long time ago. Please know this something is not right in USA , we never did this since Jimmy Carter times. God Bless all Americans and may God help them to relax. No to CIVIL WAR?
Mohsen BC
CIVIL WAR NEWS USA: USA WILL NEVER BECOME USA AGAIN?
More than 60 Portland 911 calls go unanswered overnight as police respond to ‘violent, tumultuous’ riot where protesters threw ‘softball-sized’ rocks and glass bottles at officers
A riot was declared around midnight Sunday in Portland as protesters gathered outside the Penumbra Kelly building
Over 60 calls to Portland police went unanswered overnight as officers were deployed to quell the protests where officers used crowd control munitions
Protesters threw ‘softball size’ rocks, glass bottles, pointed green lasers at officers’ eyes, the police department reported
Cops tried to disperse protesters from midnight to about 2.45am local time
Two Portland officers were injured in the riot by rocks thrown from the crowd
We are at war in the home and Seattle COPS are resigning and saying we are tired of all demonstrations by BLM or White Boys? When a nation looses it civility it will be end of America?
Is this all we want ask yourself.?
Mohsen BC
Protests spark battles across the US: Antifa and Proud Boys brawl in Michigan, cops clash with BLM marchers in Chicago and pro-police demonstrators fire gunshots in Portland as rallies turn violent
Saturday marked 80th day of unrest across the US since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on May 25
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, far-right Proud Boys fought anti-racism protesters at a rally organized by a church
In Portland, Oregon, two gunshots were fired after pro- and anti-police rallies clashed in the troubled city
Chicago on Saturday night was tense as BLM protesters squared off with police and skirmished broke out
Earlier on Saturday supporters of the Confederate flag confronted BLM activists at Stone Mountain, Georgia .
PLEASE KINDLY RESPECT EACH OTHERS AND LETS ALL BE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAIN OR WE WILL BE 50 NATIONS? LEBANON IS UN TROOPS SOON INVADE THEM?
ARE WE GOING BE NEXT?
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A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon’s ascending node of the orbit on Monday, April 8, 2024, visible across North America and dubbed the Great North American Eclipse (also Great American Total Solar Eclipse and Great American Eclipse) by some of the media.[1][2][3] A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon’s apparent diameter is larger than the Sun’s, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth’s surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only 1 day after perigee (Perigee on April 7, 2024), the Moon’s apparent diameter will be larger. With a magnitude of 1.0566, its longest duration of totality will be of four minutes and 28.13 seconds near the town of Nazas, Durango, Mexico, and the nearby city of Torreón, Coahuila.
This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible from Canada since February 26, 1979,[4] the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991,[5] and the first in the U.S. since August 21, 2017. It will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where totality is visible in Mexico, the United States of America, and Canada.[6]
The next solar eclipse occurs 177 days later.
Can strange sounds elaborate from now till April 2024 what will happen? We know civil war , Martial Law and many other events will brings us all to our knees globally?
Israel signing peace treaty with DUBAI and UAE means war with Iran is closer? What do you think?
Until we do not accept the fact that we bleed same way , we suffer same way from controlled disease or diseases and we are one human family. Respect and love your neighbor more than yourself. Until we dislike each others , Why 6 Millions Jews starved to death and then frayed alive in Poland , Germany etc,
So now Quakes and rumors of wars will seen , it will happen to change us by force. Since we had many centuries to change for good and we did not, now we all must have to suffer. It will come soon that no one is protected from fires in North West of USA and Canada, and world , or major quakes that are going to happen on Between Sep 30 to Jan 15 2021 with double full moon is sign from Lord that time is up World WAR 3 is full spin as well.
America does not need God to destroy itself. America is doing a fine job on its own
LOL
Yep just America is destroying itself
The rest of the world such as, Venezuela, Ukraine, Cameroon, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, etc….. are having worse problems currently.
Now if you would have said the WORLD doesn’t need God to destroy itself
I might have been inclined to agree to some extent.
Are these warnings how God will destroy America? From the East to the West and a Super Volcano in the middle?
Fear Porn based on fear and lies here. Again, The Mississippi River did NOT run backward for several hours. It was seven mnutes forming a lake that is there today.
[…] Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi – with 715,000 buildings damaged and 2.6m people left without power. Unlike California, which has been super-prepared since the last major earthquake hit hard enough to delay the World Series, the New Madrid fault area has been sitting blissfully by. In case the “40 percent” statistic didn’t bother you, this should: The New Madrid fault has an impact zone ten times as big as its more famous San Andreas cousin. READ MORE […]
[…] Way back in 1811 and 1812, a series of over 1,000 earthquakes rocked the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis. One was so powerful that it caused the river to run backwards for a few hours. The infamous New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 rang church bells in Boston, which is 1,200 miles from St. Louis. Today, scientists say that the 150-mile-long New Madrid Seismic Zone has a terrifying 40% chance to blast in the next few decades, impacting 7 states – Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi – with 715,000 buildings damaged and 2.6m people left without power. Read More… […]
[…] Way back in 1811 and 1812, a series of over 1,000 earthquakes rocked the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis. One was so powerful that it caused the river to run backwards for a few hours. The infamous New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 rang church bells in Boston, which is 1,200 miles from St. Louis. Today, scientists say that the 150-mile-long New Madrid Seismic Zone has a terrifying 40% chance to blast in the next few decades, impacting 7 states – Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi – with 715,000 buildings damaged and 2.6m people left without power. Read More… […]
Watch dutchsince on YouTube for accurate earthquake forecasts. “Dont be scared be prepared ” dutchsince https://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse
LOL, Accurate. A dead clock is more accurate than him. I am more accurate saying “There will be clouds in the next week, a chance of rain in 30 days.
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