New Madrid Earthquake Zone 2024 Earthquake. Missouri's new madrid seismic zone is in the news after the national guard held drills in downtown st. This work helped reveal that the new madrid seismic zone has popped out major 7.0 magnitude of greater earthquakes every 500 years or so for the last five millennia.

Scientists say they believe there is a 7% to 10% chance such an earthquake strikes within the new madrid seismic zone in the next 50 years. Louis, bridges have collapsed, roads are twisted, and buildings are.