For generations, rural residents in Northwest Louisiana have claimed that during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 the Red River flowed backward, flooded Native American villages, and cre… ...

The threat of large earthquakes striking the New Madrid seismic zone remains all too real for people in St. Louis, Memphis and other parts of the central United States - despite recent reports to ...

New results about the temperatures of rock deep below the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States shed light on the puzzling questions of why large earthquakes happened there in 1811 ...

The New Madrid seismic zone lies 50–200 km from Memphis, Tennessee, and was the site of devastating earthquakes in 1811 and 1812. These earthquakes included three mainshocks and many aftershocks ...

Was the New Madrid earthquake of Dec. 16, 1811, felt in Northwest Louisiana? Reverend William Stevenson died in the Arizona Community outside of Homer, Louisiana, in March of 1857.

Earthquakes are New Madrid’s claim to fame, but it’s the last thing on residents’ minds January 25, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. by Missouri News Network , Harshawn Ratanpal and Ezra Bitterman ...

The massive New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 were strong enough to make the Mississippi River run backward. Now, 200 years later, seismologists and geologists are studying the region to ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Preparing for a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid fault is a priority, a FEMA official said Friday before a congressional field hearing on government readiness to ...

When we think about earthquake danger, we're more likely to picture California than Arkansas.But Arkansas also has a major fault line.The New Madrid Fault Line runs from the tip of Mississippi up ...