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5/29/2015 — New Madrid Seismic Zone Illinois Earthquake — 3.4 magnitude hits FORECAST AREA DIRECTLY

by Michael Janitch

Get the word out, earthquake forecast direct hit near my home town of Saint Louis Missouri.

This morning an earthquake forecast was issued for the New Madrid Seismic Zone , calling for 3.0M to 4.0M activity to strike South Illinois towards the Indiana border over the next 7 days.

Move forwards about 12 hours, and we now see a very rare 3.4M earthquake has struck South Illinois towards the Indiana border in the EXACT area warned, for the exact magnitude warned.

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This is proof earthquakes can indeed be forecast to issue warnings for small regions over a specific time.

See the earthquake forecast calling for activity for the New Madrid Seismic Zone / Illinois here:

Keep in mind we haven't called for New Madrid movement in over a year, and we haven't seen any activity in Illinois like this in even longer.

This movement was expected to occur across Missouri , Illinois, and Indiana due to the excessive craton pressure we've been seeing build over the past week.

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Information on this earthquake from the USGS:

M3.4 - 9km N of Fairfield, Illinois

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nm60008708#scientific_origin:nm_nm60008708

Magnitude	3.4 mlg
Location / uncertainty	38.461°N 88.355°W± 0.6 km
Depth / uncertainty	26.2 km± 0.6
Origin Time	2015-05-30 00:41:14.690 UTC
Number of Stations	20
Number of Phases	26
Minimum Distance	9.31 km (0.08°)
Travel Time Residual	0.3 sec
Azimuthal Gap	63°
FE Region	Illinois (488)