RIGHT: Ripples occur on the surface of Reelfoot Lake on Dec. 11 in Tiptonville, Tenn. The 15,000 acre lake was created as a result of the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid earthquakes, when this area of land ...

It is always important to have some items handy in case an earthquake, or any disaster happens. Sheehan says to have bike ...

Right off Tennessee 78 is Reelfoot Lake. The lake and associated ... It was created by the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, which caused flooding and the Mississippi to run backwards forming ...

It was followed by a third major earthquake on Feb. 7, 1812, east of Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, and measured between 7.5 and 7.8 in magnitude. Witnesses at the time reported seeing “waves” in the soil ...

The faults terrorized New Madrid across the winter of 1811 and 1812. Thousands of small earthquakes unsettled the Mississippi River, flooding the sparsely-populated town and taking people’s ...

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 ...

On Feb. 7, 1812, there was perhaps the most notable of three large earthquakes that shook the New Madrid seismic zone that ...

BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday was centered off York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...