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Earthquake Scenarios Earthquake Scenarios Missouri & Illinois Missouri & Illinois
G G Unknown Unknown None None -
assumed possible anywhere in the Central anywhere in the Central U.S. inboard " U.S. inboard "craton craton" " zone zone 7.0 7.0
USGS background USGS background seismicity seismicity
Missouri Missouri C, G C, G 107 107 Historic earthquakes and Historic earthquakes and paleo paleo-
liquefaction features features 7.7 7.7 148 148
New Madrid seismic New Madrid seismic zone zone
New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri Missouri C, E, F C, E, F 6,100 6,100 Paleo Paleo-
liquefaction features features 7.5 7.5 146 146
Wabash Valley fault Wabash Valley fault zone zone
Vincinnes Vincinnes, , Indiana Indiana A, C, D A, C, D < 6,500 < 6,500 Paleo Paleo-
liquefaction features features 7.5 7.5 56 56
Unknown Unknown -
Centralia, Illinois Illinois A, C A, C < 6,500 < 6,500 Paleo Paleo-
liquefaction features features 7.0 7.0 38 38
Unknown Unknown
Germantown, Germantown, Illinois Illinois A, B, C A, B, C < 2750 < 2750 Paleo Paleo-
iquefaction features features 5.2 5.2 18 18
Unknown Unknown
Arnold, Arnold, Missouri Missouri
Refs. Refs.
Most Most recent EQ. recent EQ. (yrs BP) (yrs BP) Evidence for EQ Evidence for EQ source source M M Dist. Dist. From STL From STL (miles) (miles) Source Zone Source Zone Fault or Fault or Structure Structure Name of EQ Name of EQ Source Zone Source Zone Loss Estimation Loss Estimation -
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