Earth Science - Earthquakes, Faults & Tsunamis: Missouri - New Madrid & Other Faults

An SBU Research Guide about the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the earthquakes of 1811-12, and other faults and tectonic zones in Missouri

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Facebook post from U.S. National Weather Service, Springfield, MO. Seismogram from a station near Bolivar, MO showing an earthquake (9/3/2016) which was felt across at least 7 states in the Central U.S. (This earthquake was not a result of the New Madrid or Bolivar-Mansfield faults, the epicenter was in Oklahoma)