There are seven states that are located on the New Madrid Fault line. Those states include Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky.
The New Madrid Fault System has also been called the New Madrid Fault Line and also the New Madrid Seismic Zone. It is an abundant source of intraplate earthquakes in the southern and Midwestern states.
The New Madrid Fault
New Madrid, Missouri
New Madrid, MO
The New Madrid fault line is located in the central United States. Its approximate coordinates are 36.6°N latitude and 89.6°W longitude.
The New Madrid Fault.
New Madrid Fault Line
It's called the New Madrid Fault line.
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The New Madrid Seismic zone is in the middle of the North American Plate.
Indiana and a number of neighboring states experience earthquakes, which in modern times have been small and nondestructive. It is unusual to have a major fault in the middle of a continent, but that does exist in this region.Southern Indiana is close to the New Madrid fault. New Madrid, now in Missouri, was the location of the New Madrid earthquakes, 1811-1812, which historical accounts suggest were the largest ever recorded in the eastern US and possibly the largest in North America. The fault is now well mapped and the active area includes several neighboring states and much of Indiana.