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I live in S Illinois and we had one 6 or 7 years ago that was 4.1 (New Madrid.) Middle of the night and scared the crap outta us. Shook the heck out of the house.

Next morning I added an earthquake rider onto my homeowners.


14 posted on 12/15/2018 10:22:24 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6
I live in S Illinois and we had one 6 or 7 years ago that was 4.1 (New Madrid.) Middle of the night and scared the crap outta us.

The New Madrid fault zone is the result of something that happened over 600 million years ago, when the pre-Pangea super-continent of Rhodina was breaking apart. When supercontinents break apart they do so in a 3-prong process. Ultimately one of the three prongs "fails" and spreading continues along the remaining two. This is what happened there.

It is also what is currently going on in the area of the Great Rift Valley in Africa, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.

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34 posted on 12/15/2018 10:39:03 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: traderrob6

If New Madrid rips then the insurance policy is probably worthless. The damage will cause a major financial disruption on top of the physical damage.


54 posted on 12/15/2018 11:36:42 AM PST by wgmalabama (Mittens is the new Juan. Go away mittens!)
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To: traderrob6

I was up during that one. It was like between 3 and 4 in the morning.


55 posted on 12/15/2018 11:37:57 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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