It was two o'clock in the morning on Dec. 16, 1811, less than a week before Christmas, and many homesteaders new to the frontier in the Louisiana Purchase were fast asleep in the new American frontier ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – For generations, rural residents in Northwest Louisiana have claimed that during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 the Red River flowed backward ...

Missouri and Tennessee saw a string of small earthquakes triggered along the New Madrid fault line. It raises the question many have had: Will the New Madrid fault line see "The Big One" anytime soon?

A stretch of seismic activity felt in and around the Commonwealth during November and December drew some extra interest from ...

A series of recent earthquakes have been measured at the New Madrid Fault ... fault is most famous for its earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 that were so strong they made the Mississippi River run ...

Researchers look for evacuation routes after possible large New Madrid quake ... The last extremely large earthquake the fault line had was between 1811 and 1812, through a series of three ...

Centered in New Madrid, Missouri ... In the winter of 1811 and 1812, there were three earthquakes in the area “estimated to be between magnitude 7 and 8,” according to the U.S. Geological ...

New Madrid Seismic Zone is the most active ... In the winter of 1811 and 1812, there were three earthquakes in the area “estimated to be between magnitude 7 and 8,” according to the U.S ...