New Madrid Fault Line Predictions 2024

New Madrid Fault Line Predictions 2024. In the central united states, the most prominent hot spot is the new madrid seismic zone in the mississippi valley — a small sliver that has a 75 to 95 percent of. Are these predictions accurate, or are they another example of the long history of baseless panic surrounding new madrid?

Researchers have mapped out three currently active ancient fault lines — fissures in the earth’s crust — in the new madrid area that formed around 500 million years ago, at a time when the north american plate tried and failed. With the great shakeout drill set to take place on october 17, we talked with michael wysession a professor at wash u,.