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Weekly 150: Creating Reelfoot

The New Madrid Earthquakes (1811-12)

By Jason Martin
jmartin@mckenziebanner.com
Posted 9/27/22

The recent series of earthquakes in Mexico got me thinking about the New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. For those unfamiliar with the New Madrid Earthquakes, these were a set of three earthquakes and aftershocks that led to the natural creation of Reelfoot Lake in Lake and Obion counties.

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