New Madrid Fault Predictions 2024. There are hundreds of minor earthquakes each year in missouri's new madrid seismic zone (nmsz), but most of them are too small for people living in the area to feel. @geographypod listen to the podcast:
The new madrid seismic zone is a series of faults, or fractures between two blocks of rocks, that run up and down the mississippi river valley that have had ongoing seismic activity for. It’s quietly been a busy year along the new madrid fault zone in missouri.