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Thursday, February 17, 2022

The "Hard Shock:" The New Madrid Earthquakes

 The largest recorded earthquakes in the history of the US east of the rocky mountains are still somewhat of a mystery to both scientists and historians, but the few first-hand accounts from this then sparsely populated land paint a grim picture indeed. 

VIDEO HERE  (17:38 minutes)

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2022 at 5:57 PM

    Thanks for this!! “Guy” does a great job presenting. They said for 150 miles into Missouri the trees were all down. Luckily it was sparsely populated then.

    MF

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  2. Unclezip Is Pointing&LaughingFebruary 17, 2022 at 6:48 PM

    It's been said the New Madrid "fault" is the result of the crust being cracked by a very large object grazing the planet. It is actually a giant crack in the crust of the planet.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2022 at 9:09 PM

    Why does BigCountryExpat.com redirect to Disney.de?

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  4. robFebruary 17, 2022 at 10:40 PM

    I grew up a hundred miles from this. What I remember is being told that the New Madrid earthquake rang church bells - in Boston.

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  5. Amahl_ShukupFebruary 18, 2022 at 12:55 PM

    The US was sparsely populated back then. If the New Madrid fault did that today, it would cost billions of dollars in damages and countless lost lives.

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