This earthquake should not be confused with the New Madrid earthquake which occurred about l8ll-l2, or somewhere around that time. It was a series of earthquakes or aftershocks and I believe spanned a period of time over a year or two. It is said the Mississippi River ran backwards, and for a fact, it created Reelfoot Lake in Northwestern Tennessee. Some towns were said to have disappeared during that time. It is quite interesting to read accounts of the big one, which the experts say we are overdue for another big one on the New Madrid Fault. EGE "CCC MAIL" <[email protected]> wrote: Jann; I accept the fact I was wrong about the earthquake. When I spotted that April 1 date and the fact that I had never heard it mentioned I just assumed it was an "April fool prank" sent to the paper. I would love to read more articles about it,but only because I would like to learn more about it not to convince me it happened. I believe the New Madrid earthquake was in the early part of the 19th century. I have read where some historians believe it was the worst earthquake to ever hit North America.So few people lived in the area at that time and the type buildings of those days limited the death toll. I think the safe zone for humans is considered to be south of a line from about Star City to Dumas for any future earthquake of this magnitude. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "jann woodard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: [ARDREW] Earthquake > Sorry Robert, but it happened. No joke! There is one > entire page in the Gazette describing the towns south > of Little Rock where this occurred. Towns mentioned > are Pine Bluff, Rison, England, Clarendon, Star City, > Fordyce, Warren (it was described more intense than > Wilmar), Ladd, Lake Vallage, and Daleville. The > Arkansas Democrat also had many articles written about > this earthquake. > > If you want, I will post the info from the nearby > towns. > > Jann > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1