Latest New Madrid Earthquake 2024 Update. It was felt over 174,000 square miles and caused power outages, downed telephone lines,. 16, 1811, new madrid — a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in missouri — was jolted awake.
There are hundreds of minor earthquakes each year in missouri’s new madrid seismic zone (nmsz), but most of them are too small for people living in the area to feel. The initial new madrid quake today has now become a swarm of 4.