Earthquakes

After weeks of relative silence, the New Madrid Fault reminded everyone of its presence on Thursday afternoon after the 2nd largest quake in the region for 2025 was felt by dozens in Missouri.

February was an eerily quiet month along the New Madrid Fault in southern Missouri.

If you are interested in quake activity along the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Missouri, you might want to know there have been two tremors already today including one that happened nearly directly under interstate 55.

For the second day in a row, there has been a New Madrid Fault quake that has been centered in an odd place and this one was felt by many southeast of Missouri in Tennessee.

Just when you think you've seen it all, the New Madrid Fault comes up with a brand new place to shake. A quake was just confirmed by the USGS right across the Missouri border practically in the middle of nowhere in a non-typical area.

A small area in Illinois due south of St. Louis had a confirmed earthquake that was felt by many Saturday evening.

Missouri sees its fair share of earthquakes thanks to the New Madrid Fault, but not often in this place. There was a weird quake very early Saturday confirmed by the USGS at Bull Shoals Lake on Missouri's southern border.

The new year is off to a shaky start on the southern Missouri border thanks to a very active New Madrid Fault which has already shaken the state 21 times in 2025.

How does one commemorate the anniversary of one of the largest earthquakes in United States history? If you're the earthquake fault in southern Missouri, you celebrate by causing a tremor exactly 213 years to the day which is what just happened.

If the worst case New Madrid quake scenario ever happens, here's what you can expect.