Cave Country Weather

Recent Earthquakes

This page presents earthquake information from the USGS. It is currently set up to list an earthquake of 1.0 or higher within a 350 mile radius of the Cave Country Weather station. This area will cover the New Madrid fault and the Giles County seismic zone.


Earthquakes in the past 7 days of magnitude 1.0 or greater within 350 mi
Update time = Tue, 06-18-2013 2:25am CDT

Epicenter Near Magnitude Distance to Epicenter Local Time Link
5 mi NW of East Prairie, Missouri 1.6 000320199 mi 1371425551Sun, 06-16-2013 6:32pm map
2 mi SSE of Lilbourn, Missouri 1.6 000338210 mi 1371377181Sun, 06-16-2013 5:06am map
2 mi S of Steele, Missouri 2.6 000374232 mi 1371251474Fri, 06-14-2013 6:11pm map
4 mi ENE of Steele, Missouri 1.5 000367228 mi 1371086625Wed, 06-12-2013 8:23pm map
2 mi W of Maryville, Tennessee 1.6 000225140 mi 1370968077Tue, 06-11-2013 12:27pm map

5 earthquakes found. Click on location or map links for more details from the USGS


Seismic Zones

The New Madrid Seismic Zone, also known as the Reelfoot Rift or the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone in the Southern and Midwestern United States stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri. The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1812 New Madrid Earthquake and has the potential to produce damaging earthquakes on an average of every 300 to 500 years.

The Giles County seismic zone of southwestern Virginia and adjacent West Virginia have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger ones. The largest damaging earthquake (magnitude 5.9) in the seismic zone occurred in 1897. Smaller, slightly damaging earthquakes occur at variable intervals, but in the zone they tend to occur a few decades apart.


World Activity

United States Geological Survey - World Earthquake Map - Last 7 days
USGS World Earthquake Map Legend

Map and data courtesy of United States Geological Survey.