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.
Indiana has both tornadoes and earthquakes. Tornadoes are an ongoing threat and storms as strong as F5 have been recorded. Most earthquakes in Indiana have been under magnitude 5 and mostly unnoticeable, but southern Indiana is close to the New Madrid fault which, in 1811, was the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake in US recorded history.
Most areas of the world can get tornadoes. However, Indiana has a realtively high incidence due to its climatic setup. It recieves some of the same influence that Tornado Alley does. The setup for the occurence of significant tornadoes usually starts when a storm system pull warm, moist air from over the Gulf of Mexico, while cooler air is pulled down from Canada. If the warm air mass is unstable enough, the collision of these two air masses will trigger thunderstorms. If the setup of wind shear is right, then these thunderstorms can start rotating, giving them the potential to produce tornadoes.
Yes. Colorado has recorded tornadoes as strong as F3 and earthquakes as strong as magnitude 6.6.
Indiana experiences more tornadoes.
Yes, tornadoes are not uncommon in Indiana and no town has any sort of "special protection" from them.
Yes. Tornadoes can occur where in Indiana. Records indicate that two tornadoes have occurred in or very near Cedar Lake since 1950.
1) Indiana lies in a tornado-prone region. + 2) Weather is unpredictable. + 3) Tornadoes can occur in ALL 12 months of the year. = YES, it is QUITE likely that one or more tornadoes will visit Indiana in February of ANY given year. Tornadoes do occur in Indiana in February, though they are rather rare at that time of year, and it is inevitable that it will happen again.
Since data is incomplete for 2014, we will use the most recent 20-year period of 1994-2013. During this time there were 496 recorded tornadoes in Indiana.
Yes. Most areas of the world can get tornadoes and at least small earthquakes.
Both Earthquakes and tornadoes are destructive natural disasters that release large amounts of energy. Aside from that they are completely different.
Florida is very prone to both tornadoes and hurricanes. Earthquakes in Florida are very rare, and rarely cause even minor damage.
There is no relationship between tornadoes and earthquakes.
No. Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms. They have absolutely nothing to do with earthquakes.
Both are natural disasters that release large amounts of energy and cause varying amounts of damage. Other than that they are completely different.
There were 72 tornadoes in Indiana in 2011.
There were 11 tornadoes in Indiana in 2009.
Yes. Indiana gets its fair share of tornadoes.
Indiana averages 24 tornadoes per year.
Indiana experiences more tornadoes.
There were 27 tornadoes in Indiana in 2010.