The New Madrid runs along the western end of the state, the mountains are in the eastern part. No connection between the two.
The quake hit shortly after 3 a.m. CST. It was felt in a town 10 miles north of us but though I was awake, I didn’t feel it here. I heard about it on the 4 a.m, Nashville news. The cats sensed it as they suddenly went bonkers running through the house at about that time.
There were several small quakes along that fault this week, which is unusual. Little jolts on the New Madrid are pretty common, always in the same general area.
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