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New Madrid Earthquakes – 200 Years Ago
December 18, 2011 | ABC News

ABC News has an article that looks back at the New Madrid Earthquakes – three of the most powerful earthquakes in the recorded history of the United States events that occurred near New Madrid, Missouri in December 1811, January 1812 and February 1812


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