Missouri’s New Madrid Fault Shaken by Biggest Quake of 2024 Today

This was no minor earthquake that hit the New Madrid Fault Zone in Missouri early Thursday morning. So far, it's the largest quake along this seismically-active part of Missouri in 2024.

The USGS reports that this earthquake struck at approximately 3:19am in the early morning hours of Thursday waking up hundreds of Missouri who reported feeling it.

The USGS has confirmed this Missouri shaker registered a 3.8 on the Richter Scale. It was centered exactly due south of New Madrid, Missouri by only a few miles.

Fortunately, there is no damage being reported as of this writing. A 3.8 earthquake is considered moderate and will not normally damage buildings, but it certainly did wake up many in the bootheel of Missouri early Thursday morning.

The irony is that just a couple days ago I was mentioning how quiet the New Madrid Fault had been for the past week. This certainly was a healthy release of energy.

UPDATE: 5/16/24 - 11:42am

The initial New Madrid quake today has now become a swarm of 4.