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Freak occurrences my butt. There HAS been a lot of activity in NE Arkansas. And WE SHOULD be concerned, because that's the home of one of the HUGEST faults in America..
Earthquakes
The Natural State has felt its fair share of earthquakes. In 1811-1812 a series of powerful earthquakes measuring over magnitude 7.5 rattled the residents of northeast Arkansas. Cabins collapsed, people were frightened, and the land surface was severely changed by liquefaction. These earthquakes happened in the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), an active fault system that extends from Cairo, Illinois to Marked Tree, Arkansas. The earthquake zone has been active for hundreds of years. What if another series of major earthquakes were to strike this region again? Would your business or family be prepared?
This is not far from Memphis and the Mississippi where the New Madrid fault twisted the Might Miss into KNOTS last time it went boom.. I can't get over how we are acting like natives running to the Medicine Man for answers..
There is also a swarm on the SC /GA border where (to my knowledge) there is no active fracking going on. The TWO events may be a warning that somethings about to give.
[MENTION=30473]flacaltenn[/MENTION]
I am on the New Madrid fault line. We get minor quakes all the time. I am always having to set the stuff right in my china cabinets. The quake I referred to earlier that buried that tribe of Indians under Reelfoot lake was on this fault line. When that one happened the Mississippi river ran backwards for 3 days. It formed Reelfoot lake.
Here, we are ALWAYS aware of the possibility of seismic activity because 'the big one' is overdue. Experts have been telling us for years to keep some supplies and a way to survive outside your home for a few days until help can get to you. I have a tent I've never used and keep a few supplies all the time.
Seismic activity is nothing new. All that is new is our ability to detect it. And much of it is undetectable to humans. That is why the stuff keeps moving around in my china cabinets and I don't notice it.