When is an earthquake not really an earthquake? When it's a recent one that hit the Kansas City, Missouri area that was felt by hundreds, but wasn't an earthquake at all.
I suppose I should just accept this as the good news it is, but the paranoid part of me refuses to. The New Madrid Fault in Missouri has been very quiet so far in 2024. When I say quiet, I mean eerily so.
I have come across a time-lapse map that claims Missouri used to be ocean-front property, but is it true? Let's take a deep dive (ocean pun intended) and see if this theory has any basis in fact.
It's natural when you think of earthquakes in Missouri to automatically think of New Madrid. But, did you know that New Madrid isn't the Missouri city most likely to get rocked by a major quake? It is nearby though.