January 23, 2004
This Day In History

Jan 23 1812

A huge 7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri. People think that earthqakes strike the West Coast, but the New Madrid series of quakes are some of the largest in America's history.

Posted by Ellen at January 23, 2004 07:37 PM
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hopefully history won't repeat itself any time soon, but some folks around my parts say we're overdue for the New Madrid to shake again...

Posted by: Greeblie on January 24, 2004 01:01 PM

_The Rift_ by Walter Jon Williams, has the New Madrid going off at 8.9 on the richter scale...

If you like disaster novels, it's a good one.

Posted by: Leo on January 25, 2004 02:37 AM

i've read the Rift... if it goes anyways according to the book, i'm seriously screweded...

Posted by: Greeblie on January 25, 2004 08:51 PM
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