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Monday, January 28, 2013  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's disaster management agency is planning a statewide earthquake drill as part of Earthquake Awareness Month.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Two centuries ago, a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the central Mississippi River valley at what was then the western edge of the young United States.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011  Scientists have been waiting for a huge tremor along the New Madrid Fault Zone in Southeast Missouri for several decades.

Monday, May 16, 2011  Several states are participating in a simulation exercise for an earthquake on the New Madrid Fault.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  There has been a lot of debate lately about the severity of the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes.

Thursday, December 04, 2008  A recent study at the University of of Illinois set damage estimates from a major earthquake near Memphis.