New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's claim to fame. But these days, earthquake insurance is prohibitively expensive.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked New Madrid, Missouri. It even caused the Mississippi river to briefly flow backward. Hadizadeh said those types of quakes only happen every 800 to 1,000 years.

Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a big fault and bigger problems. Earthquakes are this Missouri town's ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that loom under its surface. Signs with the slogan "It's Our Fault" line the road into town, past the cotton fields ...

Only 11% of residents in New Madrid area have earthquake ... Signs with the slogan “It’s Our Fault” line the ... created temporary waterfalls and largely vanquished New Madrid from the map.

About every three days, the nearby New Madrid Fault Line sends small seismic shockwaves throughout ... The 15,000 acre lake was created as a result of the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid earthquakes, ...

NEW MADRID — The town of New Madrid seems obsessed with the fault lines that loom under its surface. Signs with the slogan “It’s Our Fault” line the road into town, past the cotton fields and defunct ...

Experts estimate there is a 25-50% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 or greater occurring on the New Madrid Fault within the next 50 years. The chances of a magnitude 7.0 or higher are 10%.

The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 were also felt in New Orleans. ... The New Madrid Fault Line, which slices through five states, is 150 miles long.

For generations, rural residents in Northwest Louisiana have claimed that during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 the Red River flowed backward, flooded Native American villages, and cre… ...

There is also evidence that the quakes of 1811-1812 were not isolated. Studies have shown that large earthquakes likely occurred in the New Madrid zone around 2240 B.C., 1600 B.C., 900 A.D., and ...

Earlier in the month, Missouri and Tennessee saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question many have had: Will the New Madrid fault line see &#… ...