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New
Madrid Earthquake Historical Marker
Location
of sign - Located at intersection of Kentucky 94 and Fulton
County Road 1282 near the Sassafras Ridge community.
Photo
taken April 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
New
Madrid Earthquake
The
greatest earthquake recorded in North America centered in this area Dec. 16,
1811 to Feb 7, 1812. 1,874 quakes felt at
Louisville,
250 miles away. Tremors also felt at Boston, Detroit, New
Orleans. Reelfoot Lake, covering 25,000 acres formed
when
some streams changed courses. New Madrid, Mo. destroyed; very
few persons died as population of area was sparse.
1964
Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways
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