new madrid fault zone造句

• The quake was in the New Madrid Fault zone, which runs across parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois and Arkansas.
• In fact, the seismic zone ( such as the New Madrid Fault Zone ) is ensured eternal life, by the action of water.
• A future earthquake in the region is extremely likely; in 2005, seismologists and geologists estimated a 90 % chance of a magnitude 6 7 tremor before 2055, likely originating in the Wabash Valley seismic zone on the Illinois Indiana border or the New Madrid fault zone.
• The New Madrid fault zone, a 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River from Missouri to Arkansas, has been the site of several large earthquakes over the past 1, 500 years, including three powerful ones in 1811-1812 when, fortunately, there were not too many people around.