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Jul 25, 2019 · Seismicity map of the New Madrid area, central eastern United States, from 1974 to 2018 shown with yellow dots (CERI, 2018). The focal mechanisms of the 33 events used in this study are shown. The seismicity highlights four major faults: the Reelfoot fault (RF), the New Madrid North (NMN) fault, the Risco fault, and the Cottonwood Grove (CWG ...
1 day ago · 2 min read. 3 months ago thelaketribune. Central United States, ( The Lake Tribune) – A groundbreaking computer simulation has offered a stark visualization of the potential devastation a magnitude 7.7 earthquake could unleash in the central United States, particularly within the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
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Jan 1, 2002 · The fault system responsible for New Madrid seismicity has generated temporally clustered very large earthquakes in A.D. 900 ± 100 years and A.D. 1450 ± 150 years as well as in 1811–1812. Given the uncertainties in dating liquefaction features, the time between the past three New Madrid events may be as short as 200 years and as long as 800 ...
Sep 29, 2022 · Key Points. New Madrid Seismic Zone hypocenters for the years 2000–2019 are relocated and have a median relative location error of 65 m. Planes are fit to the relocated hypocenters producing a detailed three-dimensional model of fault structure. The Reelfoot fault is segmented by the Ridgely fault.
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Sep 15, 2016 · GPS instruments are used to detect and record fault movement to determine how active the faults are, and many are planted in the New Madrid region. But scientists have debated what causes the shaking and when the next big one will happen. New research published last month may help solve the mystery.
Figure 1 ( A) Location map showing seismicity for the period 1990 to 1999 for all events between magnitude 1.0 and 7.0. Note location of Reelfoot scarp (RS) relative to Reelfoot Lake (RL) and the NW-trending line of earthquakes that illuminate the blind Reelfoot thrust.
Oct 1, 2008 · The New Madrid seismic zone of the central Mississippi River valley has been interpreted to be a right-lateral strike-slip fault zone with a left stepover restraining bend (Reelfoot reverse fault). This model is overly simplistic because New Madrid seismicity continues 30 km southeast of the stepover.
