It wasn't big enough to cause any damage, but an earthquake Wednesday along the New Madrid Fault was reportedly felt by dozens in Missouri based on initial reports.
When is an earthquake not really an earthquake? When it's a recent one that hit the Kansas City, Missouri area that was felt by hundreds, but wasn't an earthquake at all.
I lived in Missouri in 2011 and I am an earthquake nerd, yet I don't remember what was the largest quake to hit the state that didn't originate from the New Madrid Fault Zone that hit that year.
I am not a scientist and I'm not saying that eclipses and earthquakes are related, but I do find it interesting that a mini-swarm of 5 quakes has just hit the New Madrid, Missouri area just days before Monday's historic total solar eclipse that will cross that region.
It's quietly been a busy year along the New Madrid Fault Zone in Missouri. While there have fortunately not been many quakes big enough to garner much attention, the USGS says there have already been at least 63 felt quakes in the region in 2024.
Paint me skeptical. A new report claims that Missouri and other states are 'running out of power' and that rolling blackouts are inevitable. I've done some digging into data and the idea isn't as crazy as you might think.
As of today, scientists say that you cannot predict earthquakes in Missouri or anywhere else. However, there are some that are now claiming that solar flares could be connected to the shaking of the Earth and there is some data to back up their beliefs.
There's been yet another earthquake in Illinois in 2024 and it's happened in a brand new place. The quake confirmed by the USGS was located to the southeast of the St. Louis, Missouri area near Pinckneyville, Illinois.
If you've ever wondered what would happen if the predicted 7.7 earthquake would ever hit the New Madrid Fault Zone in Missouri, wonder no more. A computer simulation shows how many people and cities would be devastated in real-time.
I am going to ask a question that I do not yet have an answer to. Why was there just an earthquake centered near Taylorville, Illinois? I've never ever seen one in this part of the state before.