New Madrid

Only about 12% of homes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Missouri’s southeastern tip have earthquake insurance, a dramatic decline since 2000.

Thirty years ago, Iben Browning, a self-proclaimed climatologist, predicted that the St. Louis area was in for a major earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone. He forecast that it would happen right around Dec. 3, 1990, sparking a media frenzy in the small town of New Madrid, Missouri, and causing many to stock up on emergency supplies.

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