But as time passed, more people ventured into the area. In 1819, seven years after the last of the giant earthquakes, Memphis was founded, just 40 miles away from one of the three New Madrid faults.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Mid-South was hit by seven earthquakes in just one day. The strongest earthquake – a magnitude three – was felt on Monday across parts of Tennessee, Arkansas ...

What is now West Tennessee was not part of the State yet. Memphis had not yet been founded. Scientists study those earthquakes to try to determine what can happen when the next “Big One ...

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's ...

Cities that are most likely to be affected include Memphis and St. Louis, as they are in the “splash zone” that could feel tremors. An earthquake in this area can be more dangerous than what ...

He estimated that a major earthquake near New Madrid would cost the US an average of $10 billion a year for 100 years from damaged buildings and lost infrastructure. For an aging Memphis ...

The fourth-most vulnerable county on the list, Shelby County in Tennessee, is located near the New Madrid Seismic Zone and is home to Memphis. The study ranked the 206 most earthquake-vulnerable U ...

A new report has revealed the 10 US cities that are most vulnerable to earthquake damage in 2025, and the list may surprise you. Home Gnome, a home services booking company, evaluated 206 of the ...

“It's probably just due to the amount of risk, because if we do have a big earthquake, it's going to affect St. Louis to Memphis, and there's a lot of risk in that area.” Shifting attitudes about the ...