At 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, residents of the frontier town of New Madrid, in what is now Missouri, were jolted from their beds by a violent earthquake. The ground heaved and pitched, hurling ...
Television trucks parked near Main Street, New Madrid, Missouri on Sunday, Dec. 2, 1990. Members of the media are in New Madrid, Mo., for the Iben Browning projected earthquake on December 3. (AP ...
The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.
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