New Madrid Seismic Zone

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

Last month’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Tennessee set off fresh questions about the potential for significant seismic activity occurring in the St. Louis…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 2, 2012 - Two hundred years ago, a massive fault that runs through Missouri rumbled to life and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 26, 2011 - In the predawn hours of April 18, 2008, Kathy Chamberlin received an unpleasant…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 16, 2010 - WASHINGTON - On the 199th anniversary of the first of the New Madrid earthquakes -- a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 1, 2010 - An earthquake in Haiti in January. An earthquake in Japan the following month. An…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 18, 2009 - Although last April's earthquake that originated in Mount Carmel, Ill., was minor…