Earthquakes of 1811|1812
Earthquakes of 1811-1812 | New Madrid, MO - Official Website
The Mississippi River valley earthquakes of 1811-1812 rank as some of the largest in the United States since its settlement by Europeans.
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes - Wikipedia
They remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history.
Strange Happenings during the Earthquakes | New Madrid, MO
Church bells rang in Boston. From December 16, 1811 through March of 1812 there were over 2,000 earthquakes in the central Midwest, and between 6,000-10,000 ...
New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12 - Britannica
New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12, series of three large earthquakes that occurred near New Madrid, Missouri, between December 1811 and February 1812.
Summary of 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes Sequence
This sequence of three very large earthquakes is usually referred to as the New Madrid earthquakes, after the Missouri town that was the largest settlement on ...
20 Interesting Facts: About Earthquakes on the New Madrid Seismic ...
The first in a series of major earthquakes occurred on December 16, 1811, at about 2:15 am near present-day Blytheville, Arkansas.
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 - Missouri Life
The December 15 earthquake was merely the first of five major quakes and hundreds of tremors that ravaged the southeast Missouri landscape for three months.
1811-1812 New Madrid, Missouri Earthquakes - USGS.gov
A series of earthquakes hit the New Madrid seismic zone of southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, and adjacent parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, in ...
Anniversary of the New Madrid Earthquakes - GovInfo
The three strongest earthquakes occurred on December 16, 1811, and January 23 and February 7, 1812. They registered estimated magnitudes of 8.6, 8.4, and 8.7, ...
1811-1812: Powerful Earthquakes Rock Missouri - The official blog ...
1811-1812: Powerful Earthquakes Rock Missouri ... From December 1811 through March 1812, three powerful earthquakes and more than two thousand ...
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812 - Ray Anderson
"The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812" presented by Ray Anderson. Recorded on September 15, 2011 as part of the UI Explorers Lecture ...
New Madrid: The Earthquakes of 1811-1812 - CERI
New Madrid: The Earthquakes of 1811-1812.
The New Madrid Earthquakes - San Jose State University
Norma Bagnall, The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, c1996. Jay Feldman, When the Mississippi ran backwards : ...
New Madrid Seismic Zone - CUSEC
It was December 16, 1811, and it was the first of at least three very large (M7 or greater) earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks to rock the region that ...
Madrid Seismic Zone - 12/4/07 | U.S. Department of the Interior
From today's perspective, the three large earthquakes that struck the lower Mississippi Valley in the winter of 1811 and 1812 seem quite distant in time – but ...
Personal Accounts from the 1811−1812 New Madrid Earthquakes
New Madrid, Missouri. “On the 16th of December, 1811, about two o'clock, A.M., we were visited by a violent shock of an earthquake,.
New Madrid Compendium Eyewitness Accounts - CERI
The series of New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 was one of the most dramatic natural disasters to strike the North American continent. These eyewitness ...
New Madrid Earthquake - Disasters in Tennessee
The worst earthquake in American history shook the country on December 16, 1811, beginning a series of three major earthquakes in the Mississippi River Valley.
Effects and Accounts of the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes
Full details at: http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/399.
The Great Midwest Earthquake of 1811 - Smithsonian Magazine
The Great Midwest Earthquake of 1811. Two hundred years ago, a series of powerful temblors devastated what is now Missouri. Could it happen again? ... At 2:15 ...