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The capital city of Arkansas, Little Rock, would also face damage. [4] A major natural gas pipeline is located near the fault, and could be devastated by any such earthquake. [1] Tennessee and Mississippi would possibly be affected as well. [6] In 2006, a letter to the Seismological Research Letters indicated the possible existence of a fault ...
The Guy–Greenbrier earthquake swarm occurred in central Arkansas beginning in August 2010. [2] The epicenters of earthquakes in the swarm showed a linear distribution, with a clear overall shift in activity towards the southwest with time, [3] and the largest event in the swarm was the 2011 Arkansas earthquake, at 4.7 on the moment magnitude scale.
The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook central Oklahoma late Friday night and was felt over a 200-mile radius from Kansas to Texas and Arkansas, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey said.
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
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The most recent earthquakes mean at least 129 have been detected in the Palmetto State since the start of 2022, according to South Carolina DNR. All but 24 of the quakes have been in the Midlands.