Sunday December 16th marked the 207th anniversary of the first of the New Madrid earthquakes. The quake was unprecedented in its magnitude and reach across a wide area of the country. Eyewitness accounts detail catastrophic effects in the area of the epicenter. For example this account by Daniel Bedinger. A traveller down the Mississippi river at the time of the quake. To see the account visit this link:Daniel Bedinger account. As a reminder of our current siesmicity and what it can do we had last week a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in the East Tennessee seismic zone. This earthquake was felt over a wide area and reminded people we live in a seismically active area. For more information on this modern earthquake visit this linkMagnitude 4.4 East Tennessee Earthquake.
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