Articles related to "New Madrid Earthquakes"

Sudden tremors begin shaking the New Orleans. Islands in the river disappear, new ones appear. Riverbanks give way and trees fall into the water.

On December 16, 1811 the New Madrid Seismic Zone experienced two earthquakes with approximate magnitudes of 8.0. Two more tremors followed in January and February.

The 1811 earthquake near New Madrid in the Territory of Missouri ripped open fissures in the earth and tilted the Mississippi River environs so that it flowed backwards.

Feldman's book not only describes the geological upheaval of the New Madrid earthquakes in vivid detail, but also the political and social aftershocks.

Lydia Roosevelt survives the devastating destruction caused by the New Madrid Earthquake. The steamboat New Orleans reaches New Orleans.

The Battle of Tippecanoe was short and ferocious with many casualties on both sides. Now, there is a ghostly army that marches in November.

Do you need a topic for an American history essay? Here's some of the highlights of the last 250 years or so to get you started!

Although the epicentre of the earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean, severe structural damage was done to all cities and towns in Central Mexico.

The Roosevelts take the New Orleans over the Falls of the Ohio. A strange shaking of the earth is felt by country-folk.

One of the largest super volcanoes in the world lies beneath Yellowstone National Park and nobody knows when it will erupt.

Some say this happened because of a Shawnee Chief's curse; others, that it is destined by planets. Tragic coincidence? From 1840 to 1960, there was a cycle of death....

Anchorage Alaska suffered the worst damage and it generated a tsunami reaching Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of North America.

Alaska scores the highest with eight out of the top ten earthquakes, followed by Missouri and California.