The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.3 was measured in New Madrid County, Missouri, according to the USGS. The quake happened just before 3 a.m. Central Time on Monday, Oct. 20. Sign up for our ...
"Mr. Browning has a prediction/we've all been told." -- "New Madrid," Uncle Tupelo It was supposed to happen on or around Dec. 3, 1990: A massive earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone would ...