Earthquakes

It's been an interesting week along the New Madrid Fault part of America. Nearly a dozen measurable quakes were reported by the USGS along with a couple in strange locations.

It was an interesting seismic week in the area of the New Madrid Fault in Missouri this week. Nothing major, but there were reported felt by the USGS.

The question of whether or not you should be getting Earthquake insurance if you live in Missouri (especially Southeastern Missouri) all comes down to how big of a gambler you are really.

This was not a large magnitude quake, but there was a shaker that just hit the southwestern part of St. Louis and already nearly a thousand have reported that they felt it.

Since we live near the New Madrid Fault, it's normal to have earthquakes in our region. However, there was an earthquake that was felt by many that just happened in a weird part of Illinois.

Consider this a gentle reminder that we live in a very seismically-active part of America. So far in March, there have been over 40 measurable earthquakes on the New Madrid Fault and that's OK.

There are new warnings about the possibility of a major earthquake on the New Madrid Fault, but when you look at the details you'll realize it's really nothing new that we don't already know.

I'm sharing New Madrid earthquake information because it's not news. Believe it or not, I do have a point to make. So far in 2022, there have been 20 earthquakes in the New Madrid fault region and that's completely normal.

Big earthquakes strike different parts of the US pretty much every day. However, it's not often you see a shaker of this size hit Oklahoma. That's exactly what just happened today.

The fact that the Mississippi River ran backwards after the massive New Madrid earthquake of 1811 is now the stuff of legend, but did you know that it's run backwards at least twice since? It's strange, but true and had nothing to do with earthquakes either.