The peace that has followed the havoc makes the New Madrid Seismic Zone unique. The San Andreas Fault out West delivers punishing shakes far more often. There have been about half a dozen major ...

The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 were also felt ... about two o’clock on Monday morning last, a slighter one between day-light and sun-rise on the same morning, and another slight ...

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

There have been about half a dozen major earthquakes along San Andreas in the last century, while New Madrid has had none. That helps keep it off people’s minds. “Sometimes we’ll get a ...

There have been about half a dozen major earthquakes along San Andreas in the last century, while New Madrid has had none. That helps keep it off people’s minds. “Sometimes we’ll get a ...

There have been about half a dozen major earthquakes along San Andreas in the last century, while New Madrid has had none. That helps keep it off people’s minds. “Sometimes we’ll get a ...

Jeff Grunwald looks toward the Mississippi River on Dec. 11 while standing outside of the New Madrid Historical Museum of which he’s the administrator in New Madrid, Mo. “I’ve experienced six ...

This is the first of an occasional series on the impact of the fault line in New Madrid and the surrounding region. NEW MADRID — The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that ...