New Madrid Seismic Zone May Be Cold And Dying, New Evidence Shows

Posted by: Michael Ritter | January 5, 2007

New Madrid Seismic Zone May Be Cold And Dying, New Evidence Shows

From the site: “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 happened there in 1811 and 1812 and when they may happen again.”

Read article at ScienceDaily.com
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(Map: New Madrid Seismic Zone. Courtesy USGS. Source)

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