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Earth Science - New Madrid Seismic Zone

The New Madrid fault impacts Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mississippi. This guide also contains information on other Missouri faults/seismic zones.

Disaster Preparedness

Earthquakes - Preparedness
Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC)
New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project (CUSEC)
Earthquakes in Kentucky: Hazards, Mitigation, and Emergency Preparedness
Produced by the Kentucky Geological Survey and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management Special Publication 17, Series XII, 2014
Impact of New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes on the Central USA, Vol. 1 and 2
A Mid-America Earthquake Center, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Illinois publication
Tecumseh's prophecy; preparing for the next New Madrid earthquake; a plan for an intensified study of the New Madrid seismic zone
USGS Circular: 1066 by Hamilton, Robert Morrison, (Edited By); Johnston, Arch C. Published in 1990