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	The Virtual Times: The New Madrid Earthquake
		Panther-across-the-sky: Tecumseh & the New Madrid Earthquake, 1811/12
		Later the tree was buried by sand to depth of 5 feet and new roots formed.
		Landslide scarps in Chickasaw Bluffs Landslide scarps in Chickasaw Bluffs, east of Reelfoot Lake, New Madrid earthquake.
	www.hsv.com /genlintr/newmadrd (1397 words)

	New Madrid, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New Madrid is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, 42 miles (68 km) south by west of Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi River.
		New Madrid was founded in 1788 by American frontiersmen.
		It is the county seat of New Madrid County
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Madrid,_Missouri (522 words)

	New Madrid Seismic Zone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New Madrid Seismic Zone, also known as the Reelfoot Rift or the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone located in the Southern United States and Midwestern United States.
		The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1812 New Madrid Earthquake and has the potential to produce damaging earthquakes on an average of every 300 to 500 years.
		The New Madrid Seismic Zone is made up of reactivated faults that formed when North America began to split or rift apart during the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era (about 750 million years ago).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Madrid_Fault_Zone (1280 words)

	New Madrid earthquakes still threaten the central United States, scientists conclude: 9/00
		During the winter of 1811 to 1812, the sparsely populated New Madrid, Mo., area was jolted by a series of three powerful earthquakes now estimated to have been of magnitude 7.5 to 8.3.
		But the New Madrid is an "intraplate fault" located in the middle of the North American plate, not at the boundary.
		Most quakes in the area occur in the New Madrid seismic zone (shown in red), but assessing seismic risk is difficult because the New Madrid fault zone is deeply buried by thick layers of sediment.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2000/october4/newmadrid-104.html (1119 words)

	Do old glaciers cause new earthquakes in New Madrid, Missouri? : 3/01
		New Madrid, however, has evaded explanation because it is right in the middle of the North American continental plate, far from the edges where earthquakes usually occur.
		The New Madrid area sits squarely on top of what geologists call a "failed rift," where hot, molten rock underneath the Earth's crust once threatened to rise and push apart the North American continent.
		The glacier did not extend all the way down to the New Madrid region of southeastern Missouri, but it was "big enough and thick enough" to strain the Earth several hundreds miles to the south, says Zoback.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2001/march14/glacier-314.html (1092 words)

	NewMadridMO.com - History of New Madrid, MO (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New Madrid's growth was slowed in the winter of 1811 and 1812 by the worst series of earthquakes in American history.
		New Madrid County was organized in 1812, and its seat of justice moved to the town in 1822.
		New Madrid Historical Museum is located in an old saloon at the end of Main Street that goes uphill to the levee and New Madrid Observation Deck.
	newmadridonline.tripod.com /geninfo/newmadridmo/041226_new_madrid_mo_if_you_only_knew.htm (1551 words)

	The New Madrid Fault Zone or System - Maps, Facts, Historical Information, and Prediction Information
		Introduction to the New Madrid, Missouri Seismic Zone
		Tecumseh and the New Madrid Earthquake, December, 1811
		Responses to Iben Browning's Prediction of a 1990 New Madrid, Missouri, Earthquake
	quake.ualr.edu /public/nmfz.htm (188 words)

	Madrid - New Mexico Ghost Town
		Madrid was a coal-mining town owned and operated by the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company.
		After Huber acquired the company, he paved the streets, built new homes on lots made vacant by fires, constructed a six room hospital and made arrangements for unlimited use of electricity and much, much more.
		Thousands of visitors from all parts of the state came each year to view the magnificent pageant through 1941 when the lights were turned on for the last time.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/nm/madrid.html (195 words)

	New Madrid County
		The New Madrid County University of Missouri Extension Center serves the citizens of New Madrid County and the State of Missouri as a local point of contact to access resources of the four campuses of the University of Missouri and Lincoln University.
		The New Madrid County Extension Council, as established by state statue, is a partner with University Outreach and Extension, and the United States Department of Agriculture/CSREES in the process of development, implementation and evaluation of all educational programs.
		New Madrid County is ranked second in 1996 in the state of Missouri for cash receipts for crops: $119,820,000.
	extension.missouri.edu /about/program-plans/counties/newmadrid.html (5141 words)

	New Madrid Earthquake Information Pages
		The area of seismicity is termed the New Madrid Seismic Zone and extends northeast from Arkansas, through southeast Missouri, western Tennessee and Kentucky, then northward into southern Illinois.
		New Madrid was the closest settlement to the epicenters of the 1811-1812 quakes.
		The New Madrid Seismic Zone averages about two to three earthquakes a week, most of these tremors are never felt.
	www.science.siu.edu /geology/quakes/nmadrid.html (718 words)

	"The Awlful Visitor"—The Great New Madrid Earthquakes in Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Therefore, it is difficult to fully ascertain the precise distribution and intensity of the shaking during the New Madrid sequence.
		Nuttli and other geologists realized that the New Madrid events could recur, and the region that was a sparsely populated wilderness in 1811 was now densely populated and could be subject to tremendous devastation.
		Although Ohio is certainly on the fringe of the New Madrid seismic zone, it is obvious from contemporary accounts that damage occurred in southwestern Ohio, particularly in Cincinnati.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /geosurvey/oh_geol/98_winter/visitor.htm (3836 words)

	Wired News: Missouri Home to Seismic Hot Spot
		NEW MADRID, Missouri -- Sometimes serendipity strikes and you manage to be right where you should be exactly when you should be there.
		One of the issues raised at the National Earthquake Conference was that quakes along the New Madrid seismic zone affect much larger areas than earthquakes of similar magnitude in the western United States, due to geological differences in the two regions.
		But the New Madrid Fault is not located near one of the several large tectonic plates, and the ground is cold and brittle.
	www.wired.com /news/roadtrip/riverroad/0,2704,65179,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 (934 words)

	Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NEW MADRID COUNTY is in the southeastern part of the State.
		The first settlement in the region now comprising New Madrid County was made in the autumn of 1786, by Francis and Joseph Lesieur, two Canadian Frenchmen, who, the previous year, reached St. Louis from Three Rivers, Canada.
		The District of New Madrid was organized March, 1805.
	agebb.missouri.edu /mass/agrifact/newmadri/narative.htm (318 words)

	Science Fair Projects - New Madrid Earthquake
		The New Madrid Earthquake, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States of America, occurred on December 16, 1811.
		It derived its name from its primary location in the New Madrid Seismic Zone near New Madrid, Missouri.
		As a result of the quakes, large areas sank into the earth, new lakes were formed (notably Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee), and the Mississippi River changed its course.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/New_Madrid_Earthquake (288 words)

	CNN.com - Seismic activity in country's center sparks debate - Jun 22, 2005
		Scientists know little about how the New Madrid seismic zone works, but in the early 19th century, it was the source of the most violent series of earthquakes known in North American history.
		The zone, named for the town of New Madrid, Missouri, is hundreds of miles from a tectonic plate boundary, which Patterson said defies the logic of coastal earthquake science.
		"Madrid is in the middle of a continental plate, not on the boundaries."
	www.cnn.com /2005/TECH/science/06/22/new.madrid.quake/index.html (1180 words)

	The Mississippi Valley-"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
		The 400 terrified residents in the town of New Madrid (Missouri) were abruptly awakened by violent shaking and a tremendous roar.
		The crew of the New Orleans (the first steamboat on the Mississippi, which was on her maiden voyage) reported mooring to an island only to awake in the morning and find that the island had disappeared below the waters of the Mississippi River.
		Strong earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone are certain to occur in the future.
	quake.wr.usgs.gov /prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid (1128 words)

	New evidence shows New Madrid Seismic Zone may be cold and dying
		They found that thermally New Madrid is surprisingly similar to other areas of the eastern United States.
		One of the most difficult aspects of assessing the earthquake hazard is deciding whether New Madrid is a special place or simply where central U.S. earthquakes have occurred in the past few thousand years.
		The third coauthor of the study, "No thermal weakening under the New Madrid Seismic Zone," is Carol A. Stein, professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-12/nu-nes121106.php (930 words)

	Workforce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition to the unemployed in the New Madrid County, Missouri, a new employer will be able to attract employees from an additional pool of about 9,400 UNDEREMPLOYED workers.
		The New Madrid County, Missouri survey area (Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard and portions of Pemiscot counties in Missouri and portions of Ballard and Carlisle counties in Kentucky) has an estimated total civilian labor force of approximately 56,900 people.
		While the unemployed may be considered a potentially good source of employees, the type of quality employer that the New Madrid County, Missouri is attempting to attract typically does not rely on the unemployed to staff a new operation.
	www.new-madrid.mo.us /workforce.htm (786 words)

	New Madrid 03:2003 EXPLORER
		Their recently completed work combined resistivity and shallow core samples in an effort to prove that the Bootheel lineament is in fact a major fault — knowledge that could help scientists better understand the distribution of earthquakes in the seismic zone, which encompasses both Memphis and St. Louis.
		The New Madrid seismic zone has only two features that have been suggested as possible ruptures — the Reelfoot scarp and the Bootheel lineament.
		During the second earthquake, one that is widely recognized throughout the New Madrid seismic zone and dated to about 1470 AD, both faulting and liquefaction caused additional subsidence west of the fault.
	www.aapg.org /explorer/2003/03mar/newmadridfault.cfm (1809 words)

	New Madrid earthquake of 1811
		New Madrid earthquake of 1811, the strongest series of earthquakes ever felt in America rocked the Mississippi Valley.
		On December 16, 1811, the 400 residents of New Madrid, Missouri, were shaken out of their beds at two in the morning by a violent earthquake.
		The New Madrid Fault extends from eastern Arkansas to about the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
	akak.essortment.com /newmadrideart_pvm.htm (889 words)

	UED6071 New Madrid County Courthouse, MU Extension
		New Madrid County, located by the Mississippi, was one of Missouris earliest counties.
		The town of New Madrid was founded in 1783, and the county was organized in 1812.
		The seat of justice moved to New Madrid Feb. 4, 1822; commissioners were appointed for the courthouse and jail on May 13, 1822.
	extension.missouri.edu /xplor/uedivis/ue6071.htm (981 words)

	New Madrid, Missouri Summary
		New Madrid is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, 42 miles (68 km) south by west of Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi River.
		New Madrid was founded in 1788 by American frontiersmen.
		New Madrid, Missouri lies far away from any major plate boundaries, although it lies on what is called the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
	www.bookrags.com /New_Madrid,_Missouri (1090 words)

	deseretnews.com \| New Madrid trio ready for RSL
		When you join one of the biggest sports teams on the planet, expectations about your performances are going to be through the roof.
		And they'll be particularly high for Cannavaro and van Nistelrooy, who join with the reputation of being among the best players in the world in their respective positions.
		Both players are here with Real Madrid and will likely be on display when the squad takes on Real Salt Lake in an exhibition Saturday evening.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,645192422,00.html (547 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hints of quake under central USA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sleeping giant of American earthquake faults, the New Madrid zone in the middle of the country, may be showing new signs of activity.
		The New Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid) zone is the most seismically active region east of the Rocky Mountains.
		But the New Madrid fault, named for a frontier Missouri village rocked by powerful quakes in the winter of 1811-12, hasn't had a big one since.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-07-new-madrid-hints-quake_x.htm (1125 words)

	STATEMENT OF
		A significant hazard in the New Madrid region is a type of soil failure called liquefaction, which in 1811 and 1812 affected a region from south of Memphis to St. Louis.
		One characteristic of New Madrid earthquakes is particularly important to highlight.
		Throughout the New Madrid seismic zone, there are numerous unreinforced masonry buildings that are particularly vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
	www.doi.gov /ocl/2006/RespondingToNewMadridEarthquake.htm (736 words)

	National Geographic News @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The object of concern was a predicted replay of a series of stupendously violent earthquakes that took place during the winter of 1811-1812 along the New Madrid Fault, an ancient 150-mile (240- kilometer) underground scar that runs from Arkansas to southern Illinois.
		Estimated at least as high as 8.0 on the Richter scale, the quakes were felt all the way from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the eastern seaboard, and from Quebec to Cuba.
		The New Madrid scare was based on the prediction of a single climatologist in New Mexico.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2000/12/1222_newmadrid.html (1270 words)

	UED6071 Missouri Courthouses: New Madrid County, MU Extension
		New Madrid County, located by the Mississippi, was one of Missouris earliest counties.
		The town of New Madrid was founded in 1783, and the county was organized in 1812.
		The seat of justice moved to New Madrid February 4, 1822; commissioners were appointed for the courthouse and jail on May 13, 1822.
	muextension.missouri.edu /xplor/uedivis/ue6071.htm (981 words)

	1999 Young Naturalist Awards \| American Museum of Natural History
		Most of the casualties caused by the New Madrid earthquakes were drownings as the river came to vengeful life.
		Each year the New Madrid Seismic Zone is shaken by an average of 200 minor (magnitudes 3.0-4.0 on the Richter scale) earthquakes.
		After the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812, those residents of the affected states that still remained in the area took as direct an action as they knew to prevent the recurrence of the "wrath of God"—they joined churches and repented for their sins.
	www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/1999/hagenauer.html (2710 words)

	New Madrid Fault Line Earthquakes: Intro
		A new USGS Fact Sheet on New Madrid Fault as of Jan. 2007 is available.
		The tectonic plate under the New Madrid area was almost pulled apart perhaps more than once, hundreds of millions of years ago.
		If it had been separated, the New Madrid area might be on the Atlantic seaboard, and the southeastern US might be attached to Africa.
	www.showme.net /~fkeller/quake (1533 words)

	Source of Major Earthquakes Discovered Beneath U.S. Heartland \| LiveScience
		The largest of three or four big seismic events that stretched from December 1811 to February 1812 is called the New Madrid Earthquake and had an estimated 8.0 magnitude, strong enough to cause the nearby Mississippi River to temporarily flow backward.
		The damage from the New Madrid quake was bad enough in the early 19th century-half of the town was destroyed, but with many more people and buildings now in the area, a similar event in the region today would be devastating, seismologists and engineers agree.
		The fault structure under the New Madrid region is a "failed rift" created by the opening of the ocean that later became the Atlantic Ocean 650 to 600 million years ago, Forte said.
	www.livescience.com /environment/070502_newmadrid_quake.html (806 words)

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