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  2. New Madrid seismic zone - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Wabash Valley seismic zone - Wikipedia

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    Locations of quakes magnitude 2.5 or greater in the Wabash Valley (upper right) and New Madrid (lower left) Seismic Zones. The Wabash Valley seismic zone (also known as the Wabash Valley fault system or fault zone) is a tectonic region located in the Midwestern United States, centered on the valley of the lower Wabash River, along the state line between southeastern Illinois and southwestern ...

  4. 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    New Madrid fault and earthquake-prone region considered at high risk today. The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. Two additional earthquakes of ...

  5. How common are earthquakes in Kentucky? They happen ... - AOL

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    Believe it or not, parts of Kentucky are located in one of the most active seismic zones in the United States.

  6. What cities are most at risk of a strong earthquake? Here's ...

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    Why the Geological Survey produced the earthquake map. In this file photo from 2018, a geologist collects samples of spatter for laboratory analysis after the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano ...

  7. It's rare to feel an earthquake in Michigan, but state does ...

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    For example, a fault outside of Kalamazoo was revealed after a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in 2015 — the state's largest since a 4.6-magnitude quake along the same fault in Coldwater in 1947.

  8. List of fault zones - Wikipedia

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    Thrust fault: Active: 2008 Sichuan (M8.0) Lost River Fault: Idaho, United States: Normal: Active: 1983 Borah Peak (M6.9) Lusatian Fault: Germany: Thrust fault: Macquarie Fault Zone >400: South Pacific Ocean: Fault (geology)#Strike-slip faults: Active: 1989 Maquarie Isl. (8.2), 2008 Macquarie Island earthquake (M7.1) Mae Chan Fault: 120 ...

  9. Kentucky Bend - Wikipedia

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    Kentucky Bend is the extreme southwestern corner of Kentucky. The peninsula is traversed by the southern line of latitude of the state of Kentucky, at the banks of the Mississippi River. The only highway into the area is Tennessee State Route 22, [4] whose continuation into Kentucky Bend at one time was signed as Kentucky State Route 313. [5]