Two minor earthquakes struck the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeast Missouri early Monday morning, with magnitudes of 1.4 ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting low-level flights across sections of Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee this week looking for clues about the New Madrid earthquake ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Residents of Missouri and eight other states in a major seismic zone will commemorate the 201st anniversary of the powerful New Madrid (MAD'-rihd) earthquakes with an ...

While California hogs the spotlight when it comes to earthquake warnings, there's a sleeping giant in the heart of America that most people don't even know exists. The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), ...

MISSOURI (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is urging consumers to be ready and have a plan for earthquake recovery. According to the DCI, fewer homes are insured against ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The New Madrid fault zone in the nation's midsection is active and could spawn future large earthquakes, scientists reported Thursday. It's "not dead yet," said U.S. Geological ...

At 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, residents of the frontier town of New Madrid, in what is now Missouri, were jolted from their beds by a violent earthquake. The ground heaved and pitched, hurling ...