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IMAGE number: EVB7068246
Image title: The Great New Madrid Earthquake, depicted a 19th-century wood engraving of 1877. There were three separate earthquakes, all estimated at over 7.0 in the Richter scale. The first hit on Dec. 16, 1811. On Jan. 23, 1812, the New Madrid North Fault ruptured. On Feb. 7, 1812 the strongest quake on Reelfoot Fault measured was 7.58.0. Its epicenter was near New Madrid, Missouri, which was destroyed. In St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were damaged, with their chimneys toppled
Medium: wood engraving
Date: c. 1877 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: The Great New Madrid Earthquake, depicted a 19th-century wood engraving of 1877. There were three separate earthquakes, all estimated at over 7.0 in the Richter scale. The first hit on Dec. 16, 1811. On Jan. 23, 1812, the New Madrid North Fault ruptured. On Feb. 7, 1812 the strongest quake on Reelfoot Fault measured was 7.58.0. Its epicenter was near New Madrid, Missouri, which was destroyed. In St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were damaged, with their chimneys toppled (BSLOC_2019_6_168)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / North America / America (continent) / art / USA / engraving / history / black and white / print

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