A New View of Earthquake Hazards in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
by
Seth Stein
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the United States-shook the Midwest. Today the federal government ranks the hazard in the Midwest as high as California's and is pressuring communities to undertake...