Are these predictions accurate, or are they another example of the long history of baseless panic surrounding New Madrid? We dug into the facts to VERIFY. Is an earthquake capable of splitting the ...

The town’s principal attraction is the museum that details the history of the 1811 earthquakes that made the bordering Mississippi River run backwards. But for most people who live in New Madrid, the ...

The town’s principal attraction is the museum that details the history of the 1811 earthquakes that made the bordering Mississippi River run backward. But for most people who live in New Madrid ...

Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a big fault and bigger problems. NEW MADRID — The town of New Madrid ...

ST. LOUIS – On Feb. 7, 1812, there was perhaps the most notable of three large earthquakes that shook the New Madrid seismic zone that winter. The shaking was felt locally in St. Louis and ...

It wasn’t always like that. In 2000, 60.2% of residences in the region had earthquake insurance. But today, the people of New Madrid say they have bigger problems. On a sunny, temperate fall day ...

Jeff Grunwald looks toward the Mississippi River on Dec. 11 while standing outside of the New Madrid Historical Museum of which he’s the administrator in New Madrid, Mo. “I’ve experienced six ...

This is the first of an occasional series on the impact of the fault line in New Madrid and the surrounding region. NEW MADRID — The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that ...

“I’ve experienced six earthquakes while living here, and I’d characterize them all as underwhelming,” Grunwald said. “I hope they stay that way” (Nick Sheaffer/Missourian). NEW MADRID ...