Cant believe these idiots left Memphis off that list. If they get another earthquake set like 1812 it would gut the midwest and destroy Memphis entirely.
As a resident of Columbus, I agree. The New Madrid fault is the one that scares me.
Yep.! The New Madrid Quakes in 1811 and 1812 were super bad.
I think the last one in 1812 was a mind blowing 8.3 !!
think about that for awhile.
I am from Memphis, and remember the big scare back in the 80s?.
The big seismologist predictor, forgot his name, predicted a massive quake on the New Madrid fault.
I remember my mother tying a rope around the water heater in the attic, and securing other fragile things.
Of course, I know the history and creation of Realfoot lake,
when the Mississippi flowed north, as a result of the New Madrid quake.
It recently saw something in a news story that suggested
that the New Madrid fault is , for better terms, dissolving, melting away, or healing itself, and may soon not even be listed as a real fault.
I was thinking the same thing about St Louis. Those midwetern cities barely have an earthquake building code since earthquakes are few and far between... but when the next quake comes it’ll be BIG.
Exactly right. They’ve actually done millions of dollars in earthquake retrofitting in the Memphis (or St. Louis, can’t remember which one) in anticipation of this quake.