The 1812 New Madrid Quake: A Tremor Felt Across the Continent

ByIlya

The most intense earthquake to ever strike the continental United States happened in New Madrid, Missouri, in 1812. Its force was so tremendous that it caused tremors felt as far away as New York, provoked church bells to chime in South Carolina, and even reversed the flow of a section of the Mississippi River.

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