New Madrid making more moves...

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FOLLOWING RECENT ARTICLE:

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If you’ve read my previous article regarding new movements being detected in the New Madrid Fault zone, you’re already aware that several small communities have just this week begun to be rattled by unprecedented quakes.   Adding to the list this morning is Victoria, Arkansas.  A 1.7, small quake was detected there last night [28th] at around 7:00 local time.  Though small, the quake was reported to have come from a depth of 6.4 kilometers…slightly deeper than usual.  So it’s a tiny quake in a sparse area…why is it so important? 

The massive earthquake which centered in New Madrid, Missouri in 1811, for which the zone and fault is named, reached Southward into Arkansas to the township of Marked Tree.  Guess where Victoria is?  About 15 to 20 miles N/NE of Marked Tree…smack-dab in the hot zone for New Madrid’s fault.  

So does it mean the end is nigh?  I don’t know, but it’s becoming awful suspicious looking.  New Madrid is far overdue for a large movement and any movement, no matter how tiny, may mean something is building, and for three separate movements in three days to occur in what has, up till now, been a relatively quiet zone is obviously ominous to some extent.

Anyone wishing to monitor Arkansas/Tennessee/Missouri quakes may do so here:

http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html

It’s updated every few minutes and usually posts quakes as soon as the USGS verifies them.