New Madrid Seismic Zone — 4.0 Magnitude earthquake strikes Missouri / Tennessee

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4/02/2015 — New Madrid Seismic Zone — 4.0 Magnitude earthquake strikes Missouri / Tennessee by Michael Janitch The New Madrid Seismic Zone showed rare larger earthquake activity this morning,  April 2, 2015. A noteworthy 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck at the border of Missouri and Tennessee. Much more on the NMSZ here: http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/ The rare NMSZ (new madrid seismic zone) movement is somewhat expected following the other activity occurring along the edge of the craton. The fracking operations have all shown heavy movement in the past week, as well as heavy geyser activity at Yellowstone National park.  In addition to the aforementioned activity, we also saw multiple dormant volcanoes show movement as well. This past week (7 days) has shown a buildup in seismic pressure coming from the West coast, translating out to multiple earthquakes at locations which normally do not show much movement. Past 7 days (up to April 2 2015) of 4.0M+ events shows the Fracking operation in California had a 4.1M, dormant Pisgah Craters volcano had a 4.0M in Southern California, 2.7M strikes Dallas TX fracking operation, and a 4.0M strikes the New Madrid.   Information on this 4.0M in Missouri from the USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nm60096021#scientific_summary M4.0 - 3km SSW of Steele, Missouri Scientific - Summary Origin Magnitude / uncertainty 4.0 md± 0.3 Location / uncertainty 36.047°N 89.825°W± 0.3 km Depth / uncertainty 10.9 km± 0.4 Origin Time 2015-04-02 03:51:43.330 UTC Number of Stations 40 Number of Phases 44 Minimum Distance 7.28 km (0.07°) Travel Time Residual 0.18 sec Azimuthal Gap 60° FE Region Missouri (486) Event Time 2015-04-02 03:51:43 (UTC) 2015-04-01 22:51:43 (UTC-05:00) in your timezone Times in other timezones Nearby Cities 4km (2mi) S of Steele, Missouri 15km (9mi) NNE of Blytheville, Arkansas 29km (18mi) SE of Kennett, Missouri 39km (24mi) W of Dyersburg, Tennessee 266km (165mi) ENE of Little Rock, Arkansas Michael Janitch | April 2, 2015 at 6:52 am | Categories: earthquakes and volcano activity, earthquakes and volcanoes | URL: http://wp.me/p3C2xU-3F5 Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://dutchsinse.com/4022015-new-madrid-seismic-zone-4-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-missouri-tennessee/