The USGS reports that a
3.5 magnitude earthquake hit 16 miles northwest of Covington, TN at 8:26 a.m. People
near Memphis, Tenn. felt an natural disaster Tuesday morning, according to
WREG, a CBS affiliate. The quake was shallow.
WREG-TV reports no damage in
the area.
The New Madrid fault
line is about twenty times larger than California’s famed San Andreas
fault. The biggest earthquake in U.S. history happened in the New Madrid
seismic zone in 1812. The fault line has been more active over the
last few years.
An natural disaster
centered in eastern Arkansas rattled residents in multiple states in late
October, making the quake the largest in the NMSZ in several years. Small
earthquakes happen from time to time along the area. “Prehistoric earthquakes
similar in size to those of 1811-1812 occurred in the middle 1400’s and around
900 A.D”. Officials told news “It is one of the most active natural disaster
areas in the Southeast”.
University of Memphis
natural disaster Center’s Gary Patterson also said he did not think an quake of
this magnitude would likely cause much damage.
Source: fox2now.com
& dispatchtimes.com
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