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Arkansas
Earthquake History
The northeast section of Arkansas
is located in the New Madrid seismic
zone and was seriously affected by
great shocks that occurred in that zone,
in 1811 - 1812.
Arkansas' 40-mile-long, half-mile-wide
Lake Saint Francis was
formed by these earthquakes.
The Mississippi embayment - fall line
area, in which the New Madrid
seismic zone is located, extends from
Cairo, Illinois, south through northeastern
Arkansas, western Kentucky, and
Tennessee, then westward to include
the lowland area of southern Arkansas,
the eastern Oklahoma - Texas
border area, and northeastern Texas.
Major historic seismic activity has been limited
to a line extending west of the
Mississippi River, from Cairo to west of
Memphis. Several damaging earthquakes
have occurred along this line,
in addition to the New Madrid
shocks mentioned earlier. Indian
tradition and geologic evidence
indicate an earlier history of severe
earthquakes in the same area.
Outside the Mississippi Embayment,
the first shock
listed for Arkansas occurred in
October 1882. Since few reports were
received from the region most affected,
the epicenter of this shock is not
well known, and several investigators
have placed the origin near El Reno,
Oklahoma, instead of western Arkansas.
The shock threw bricks from chimneys
at Sherman, Texas, and shook
houses strongly at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Its felt area covered parts or all of
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas,
and Missouri, about 135,000 square
miles.
An earthquake
occurred near Melbourne,
about 95 miles northeast of Little
Rock, in December 1883. Rockslides
occurred on a railroad cut, and
thunderous earth noises were heard.
Glassware and crockery broke, and
buildings shook at Melbourne.
A shock in March, 1911, about 40
miles south of Little Rock, was so
severe at Pine Bluff that hundreds of
excited residents crowded into the
streets in panic; windows were broken
in several sections of the city. At
one school, walls cracked, and plaster
fell on pupils. "Glasses were shaken
from counters in confectionery
stores, and dishes were broken in
many kitchens," the record notes.
The shock was felt throughout southeastern
Arkansas and in adjacent
States.
During the period 1911 to 1933,
two local intensity V earthquakes
centered in the Black Rock - Pocahontas area
of northeastern Arkansas;
two additional intensity V tremors
were noted, one near Little Rock, the
other near Marked Tree, and both
were felt over 30,000 square mile
areas. None of these caused property
damage, but they alarmed much of
the populations near their centers.
The early morning of December 9,
1933, brought another minor tremor
to Arkansas. Many residents of Manila,
Mississippi County, were
awakened by a sharp earthquake
that broke windows in several homes.
Very light tremors in 1937
and 1938 in the northeastern part of
Arkansas were felt over 25,000 and
90,000 square miles of Arkansas and
several surrounding States. Neither
was damaging. This region is noted
for relatively light-intensity shocks
being felt over extremely large areas.
One of the few earthquakes to
center in southwestern Arkansas
occurred in June 1939. It cracked
plaster in buildings at Arkadelphia,
and was felt throughout the southern
portion of Arkansas.
After the 1939 earthquake, only
light tremors (all under intensity V)
were noted until January 25, 1955.
The 1955 tremor centered in
northeastern Arkansas near the Missouri -
Tennessee border, and caused some
property damage in the bordering
States. At Dyersburg, Tennessee, a brick
pillar supporting a porch was thrown
down; at Finley, plaster, walls, and
ceilings cracked. Windows cracked
in the small town of Hayti, Missouri.
Thousands of residents over a
30,000 square mile area were awakened
by this early morning event.
Arkansas was again relatively
quiescent seismically for 14 years,
until New Year's Day of 1969.
During this period, however, three shocks
in northeastern Texas and southern
Missouri caused some damage in
Arkansas. The strongest of the three
centered in southeastern Missouri
in March 1963. It cracked windows,
plaster, concrete, and walls in
several Arkansas towns.
On January 1, 1969, a tremor
centered about 19 miles northwest
of Little Rock and caused much
commotion in the area. In Little Rock,
plaster cracked, and furniture was
moved about in some homes; and
trees and utility wires swayed and
shook throughout a wide area.
The shock was also noted by residents
in southern Missouri and western
Tennessee.
Abridged from Earthquake Information Bulletin,
Volume 2, Number 4, July-August 1970.
Largest Earthquakes in Arkansas
From: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1811-1812.php#december
This sequence of
three very large earthquakes is usually referred to as the New Madrid earthquakes,
after the Missouri town that was the largest settlement on the Mississippi River between St.
Louis,
Missouri and Natchez,
Mississippi.
On the basis of
the large area of
damage (600,000 square kilometers),
the widespread area of
perceptibility (5,000,000 square kilometers),
and the complex physiographic changes that occurred,
the New Madrid earthquakes of
1811-1812 rank as some of
the largest in the United States since its settlement by Europeans.
They were by far the largest east of
the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.
and Canada.
The area of
strong shaking associated
with these shocks is two to three times as large as that of
the 1964 Alaska earthquake and 10 times as large as that of
the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Because there were no seismographs in North America at that time,
and very few people in the New Madrid region,
the estimated magnitudes of
this series of
earthquakes vary considerably and
depend on modern researchers' interpretations of journals,
newspaper reports,
and other accounts of
the ground shaking and damage.
The magnitudes of
the three principal earthquakes of
1811-1812 described below are the preferred values taken
from research involved
with producing the 2008 USGS National Seismic Hazard Map (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1128/).
The first principal earthquake,
M7.7,
occurred at about 2:15 am (local time) in northeast Arkansas on December 16,
1811.
The second principal shock,
M7.5,
occurred in Missouri on January 23,
1812,
and the third,
M7.7,
on February 7,
1812,
along the Reelfoot fault in Missouri and Tennessee.
The earthquake ground shaking was not limited to these principal main shocks,
as there is evidence for a fairly robust aftershock sequence.
The first and largest aftershock occurred on December 16,
1811 at about 7:15 am.
At least three other large aftershocks are inferred
from historical accounts on December 16 and 17.
These three events are believed to range between M6.0 and 6.5 in size
and to be located in Arkansas and Missouri.
This would make a total of
seven earthquakes of
magnitude M6.0-7.7 occurring in the period December 16,
1811 through February 7,
1812.
In total,
Otto Nuttli reported more than 200 moderate
to large aftershocks in the New Madrid region between December 16,
1811,
and March 15,
1812: ten of
these were greater than about 6.0;
about one hundred were between M5.0 and 5.9;
and eighty-nine were in the magnitude 4 range.
Nuttli also noted that about eighteen hundred earthquakes of
about M3.0 to 4.0 during the same period.
The first earthquake of
December 16,
1811 caused only slight damage to man-made structures,
mainly because of
the sparse population in the epicentral area.
The extent of
the area that experienced damaging earth motion,
which produced Modified Mercalli Intensity greater than or equal to VII,
is estimated to be 600,000 square kilometers.
However,
shaking strong enough to alarm the general population
(intensity greater than or equal to V) occurred over an area of
2.5 million square kilometers.
The earthquakes caused the ground to rise and fall - bending the trees
until their branches intertwined and opening deep cracks in the ground.
Deep seated landslides occurred along the steeper bluffs and hillslides;
large areas of land were uplifted permanently;
and still larger areas sank and were covered
with water that erupted through fissures or craterlets.
Huge waves on the Mississippi River overwhelmed many boats and washed others high onto the shore.
High banks caved and collapsed into the river;
sand bars and points of islands gave way;
whole islands disappeared.
Surface fault rupturing from these earthquakes has not been detected and was not reported,
however.
The region most seriously affected was characterized by raised or sunken lands,
fissures,
sinks,
sand blows,
and large landslides that covered an area of
78,000 - 129,000 square kilometers,
extending from Cairo,
Illinois,
to Memphis,
Tennessee,
and from Crowley's Ridge in northeastern Arkansas to Chickasaw Bluffs,
Tennessee.
Only one life was lost in falling buildings at New Madrid,
but chimneys were toppled and log cabins were thrown down as far distant as Cincinnati,
Ohio,
St.
Louis,
Missouri,
and in many places in Kentucky,
Missouri,
and Tennessee.
The Lake County uplift,
about 50 kilometers long and 23 kilometers wide,
stands above the surrounding Mississippi River Valley by as much as 10 meters in parts of
southwest Kentucky,
southeast Missouri,
and northwest Tennessee.
The uplift apparently resulted from vertical movement along several,
ancient,
subsurface faults.
Most of
the uplift occurred during prehistoric earthquakes.
A strong correlation exists between modern seismicity and the uplift,
indicating that stresses that produced the uplift may still exist today.
Within the Lake County uplift,
Tiptonville dome,
which is about 14 kilometers in width and 11 kilometers in length,
shows the largest upwarping and the highest topographic relief.
It is bounded on the east by 3-m high Reelfoot scarp.
Although most of
Tiptonville dome formed between 200 and 2,000 years ago,
additional uplifting deformed the northwest and southeast parts of
the dome during the earthquakes of
1811-1812.
A notable area of
subsidence that formed during the February 7,
1812,
earthquake is Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee,
just east of
Tiptonville dome on the downdropped side of
the Reelfoot scarp.
Subsidence there ranged from 1.5 to 6 meters,
although larger amounts were reported.
Other areas subsided by as much as 5 meters,
although 1.5 to 2.5 meters was more common.
Lake St.
Francis,
in eastern Arkansas,
which was formed by subsidence during both prehistoric and the 1811-1812 earthquakes,
is 64 kilometers long by 1 kilometer wide.
Coal and sand were ejected from fissures in the swamp land adjacent to the St.
Francis River,
and the water level is reported to have risen there by 8 to 9 meters.
Large waves (seiches) were generated on the Mississippi River
by seismically-induced ground motions deforming the riverbed.
Local uplifts of
the ground and water waves moving upstream gave the illusion
that the river was flowing upstream.
Ponds of water also were agitated noticeably.
1811, December 16, 08:15 UTC
Northeast Arkansas - the first main shock
2:15 am local time
Magnitude ~7.7
This powerful earthquake was felt widely over the entire eastern United States.
People were awakened by the shaking in New York City,
Washington, D.C., and Charleston, South Carolina.
Perceptible ground shaking was in the range of
one to three minutes depending upon the observers location.
The ground motions were described as most alarming and frightening in places like Nashville,
Tennesse, and Louisville, Kentucky.
Reports also describe houses and other structures being severely shaken
with many chimneys knocked down.
In the epicentral area the ground surface was described as in great convulsion
with sand and water ejected tens of
feet into the air (liquefaction).
1811, December 16, 13:15 UTC
Northeast Arkansas - the "Dawn" Aftershock
7:15 am local time
Magnitude ~7.0
A large event felt on the East Coast that is sometimes regarded as the fourth principal earthquake of
the 1811-1812 sequence.
The event is described as "severe" at New Bourbon,
Missouri,
and was described by boatman John Bradbury,
who was moored to a small island south of
New Madrid,
as "terrible,
but not equal to the first".
Hough believes that this large aftershock occurred around dawn
in the New Madrid region near the surface projection of
the Reelfoot fault.
1812, January 23, 15:15 UTC, New Madrid, Missouri
9:15 am local time,
Magnitude ~7.5
The second principal shock of
the 1811-1812 sequence.
It is difficult to assign intensities to the principal shocks that occurred after 1811 because many of
the published accounts describe the cumulative effects of
all the earthquakes and because the Ohio River was iced over,
so there was little river traffic and fewer human observers.
Using the December 16 earthquake as a standard,
however,
there is a general consensus that this earthquake was the smallest of
the three principals.
The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping,
ejections,
fissuring,
severe landslides,
and caving of
stream banks.
1812, February 7, 09:45 UTC, New Madrid, Missouri
3:45 am local time,
Magnitude ~7.7
The third principal earthquake of
the 1811-1812 series.
Several destructive shocks occurred on February 7,
the last of
which equaled or surpassed the magnitude of
any previous event.
The town of New Madrid was destroyed.
At St. Louis,
many houses were damaged severely and their chimneys were thrown down.
The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping,
ejections,
fissuring,
severe landslides,
and caving of
stream banks.
Abridged from Seismicity of
the United States,
1568-1989 (Revised),
by Carl W.
Stover and Jerry L.
Coffman,
U.S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527,
United States Government Printing Office,
Washington: 1993;
Johnston, A.C., and Schweig, E.S., 1996,
The enigma of
the New Madrid earthquakes of
1811-1812: Annual Review of
Earth and Planetary Sciences,
v. 24, p. 339-384; doi: 10.1146/annurev.earth.24.1.339;Hough, S.E.,
2009, Cataloging the 1811-1812 New Madrid, Central U.S.,
Earthquake Sequence,
Seismological Research Letters V. 80, No. 6,
p 1045-1053 /doi: 10.1785/gssrl.80.6.1045.
From: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/historical_state.php#arkansas
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Isaiah 56:
[7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house
of prayer for all people.
Philippians 2:
[1] If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, [2] Fulfill
ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of
one mind. [3] Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in
lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. [4] Look
not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. [5]
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [6] Who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] But
made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9]
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above
every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11]
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
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This
second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your
pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful of the words which
were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the
apostles of the Lord and Savior: Knowing this first, that there shall come in
the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts; And saying, Where is
the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they
willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and
the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that
then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against
the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not
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and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of
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the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and roar, and the
elements shall be destroyed and melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the
labors, and works that are therein shall be burned up and completely consumed.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved and destroyed, What
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