New Madrid Fault News 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. The largest military drill in st.
The town of new madrid, which sits in the southeast corner of missouri an hour away from cape girardeau, is home to fault lines where hundreds of unnoticeable earthquakes happen yearly,. A catastrophic seismic event on the new madrid fault zone could impact more than 50% of illinois’ population and trigger a national response on a larger scale than any recorded earthquake.
