We have relatively small earthquakes here from the Wabash Fault every few years. Most of them are around 3. We had a Fiver in '08 that caused bricks to fall and walls to crack. There was a Fiver in 1968 from the New Madrid Fault that caused widespread damage; broken windows, bricks, chimneys, etc. The Big One was in the late Eighteenth Century, and it made Reelfoot Lake, toppled timber over a huge area, and made the Mississippi run backward.
WOW, is that a common thing there? I lived in southern CA for a while & got real sick of earthquakes!
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We have relatively small earthquakes here from the Wabash Fault every few years. Most of them are around 3. We had a Fiver in '08 that caused bricks to fall and walls to crack. There was a Fiver in 1968 from the New Madrid Fault that caused widespread damage; broken windows, bricks, chimneys, etc. The Big One was in the late Eighteenth Century, and it made Reelfoot Lake, toppled timber over a huge area, and made the Mississippi run backward.
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