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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts) Thu Nov 22, 2012, 09:10 PM Nov 2012

New Madrid Fault Getting Active? [View all]

Look at all the action from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River on this earthquake map web site from the U of C San Diego.

http://anf.ucsd.edu/recenteqs/

My most recent theory is that eastern America is moving east and will split the country in two in more than a few years. Maybe sooner.

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New Madrid Fault Getting Active? [View all] RobertEarl Nov 2012 OP

We are already 2 separate countries... JaneyVee Nov 2012 #1

Anything below the Ohio River x2 vancouverite Nov 2012 #4

Been "getting active" for at least 20 years REP Nov 2012 #2

Perhaps a few million years nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #3

Fascinating. GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #5

It will be a while. n/t Autumn Nov 2012 #6

The New Madrid Fault is west of that activity. That's the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (Indiana - highplainsdem Nov 2012 #7

Your most recent theory is wrong. TransitJohn Nov 2012 #8