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Earthquakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones from 1974 to 2002, with magnitudes larger than 2.5. The zone had four of the largest earthquakes in recorded North American history, with moment magnitudes estimated to be as large as 7 or greater, all occurring within a 3-month period between December 1811 and February 1812. Many of ...
Topographic map of the bootheel and surrounding areas of Missouri and neighboring states.. The Missouri Bootheel is a salient (protrusion) located in the southeasternmost part of the U.S. state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30′ north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot.
Caruthersville lies in Missouri's Bootheel on the Mississippi River. The word "Pemiscot" comes from the word pemiskaw, meaning "liquid mud" in the Fox language.Mississippi waters have frequently flooded the flatlands, creating fertile alluvial land valued for farming.
Thurston's earthquake theorem states that for any two points x, y of a Teichmüller space there is a unique left earthquake from x to y.It was proved by William Thurston in a course in Princeton in 1976–1977, but at the time he did not publish it, and the first published statement and proof was given by Kerckhoff (1983), who used it to solve the Nielsen realization problem.
The Mississippi River, viewed from Caruthersville Ditch No. 70, a drainage ditch near Bragg City. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 513 square miles (1,330 km 2), of which 493 square miles (1,280 km 2) is land and 21 square miles (54 km 2) (4.1%) is water. [7] Fishing is a popular activity among residents in ...
On 10 November, a Civil Protection Alert was declared after an intense swarm of earthquakes. “The town of Grindavík was evacuated as a precaution. Some roads have been closed and visitors are ...
Logo of the ANSS. The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) is a collaboration of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and regional, state, and academic partners that collects and analyzes data on significant earthquakes to provide near real-time (generally within 10 to 30 minutes [1]) information to emergency responders and officials, the news media, and the public. [2]