FEMA, which was sharply criticized for its handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, began in earnest in December to prepare for the possibility of an earthquake along the New Madrid fault ...

The biggest earthquake in U.S. history happened in the New Madrid seismic zone in 1812, and in just the last few weeks, activity along the fault line is starting to heat up.

Missouri's New Madrid Seismic Zone is in the news after the National Guard held drills in downtown St. Louis about a potential magnitude 8.4 earthquake. Here's why.

NEW MADRID, Mo. (KFVS) - It has been an active week on the New Madrid fault line. There have been ten small earthquakes in the Bootheel this week alone, with magnitudes ranging from 1.8 to 3.0. At ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — New results about the temperatures of rock deep below the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States shed light on the puzzling questions of why large earthquakes ...

The New Madrid Seismic Zone, named after the town of New Madrid in southeastern Missouri, gained infamy from the earthquakes that shook the region between 1811 and 1812.

NEW MADRID — The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that loom under its surface. Signs with the slogan “It’s Our Fault” line the road into town, past the cotton fields and defunct ...

Research faculty at the Virginia Tech Center for Technology, Security, and Policy have conducted a study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, a 150-mile-long fault system spanning four states in ...

ST. LOUIS - Preparing for a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid fault is a priority, a FEMA official said Friday before a congressional field hearing on government readiness to handle ...

The New Madrid Seismic Zone is a series of faults, or fractures between two blocks of rocks, that run up and down the Mississippi River Valley that have had ongoing seismic activity for centuries ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. (KFVS) - It has been an active week on the New Madrid fault line. There have been ten small earthquakes in the Bootheel this week alone, with magnitudes ranging from 1.8 to 3.0. At ...