Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a ...

In the winter of 1811-12, a series of earthquakes happened in the fault zone, the largest of which seismologists believe was between 7.2-8.2 on the Richter scale.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – For generations, rural residents in Northwest Louisiana have claimed that during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 the Red River flowed backward ...

February marks Earthquake Awareness Month, and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management is commencing a campaign to increase preparedness.Earthquake Awar ...

A series of earthquakes that occurred near New Madrid, Missouri, U.S. between December 1811 and February 1812, it included three large earthquakes and several other tremors through the months.

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake had rumbled along the southern end of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Pictures rattled on walls, older concrete and brick foundations cracked, and startled residents were ...

The local businesses, the ones that still exist, aren’t shy about referencing earthquakes in their branding. The town’s principal attraction is the museum that details the history of the 1811 ...