Things+we+know+about+Missouri

Things we know about Missouri:
 * 1) Missouri had a earthquake before
 * 2) There's a nular power plant 70 miles away from Saint Joseph
 * 3) Missouri has many historical marks. ( Gateway Arch, Pony Express, Jesse James, Jefferson City, Kansas City)
 * 4) St. Louis, Missouri sits on two faults.
 * 5) The New Madrid fault line is a major seismic zone, located near Cape Girardeau.
 * 6) Missouri sits on one of the biggest fault lines to have an earthquake
 * 7) Missouri suffered the most from the devastating flood of 1993
 * 8) . Southeast Missouri continues to experience over 200 measurable minor earthquakes each year. Occasionally, residents can feel some of those minor earthquakes.
 * 9)  “According to the governor’s press release, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, centered in southeast Missouri, is the nation’s most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains. At least three of the largest earthquakes in history in the continental Unites States are believed to have occurred in that area in 1811 – 1812. The largest of the quakes was centered in the southeast Missouri town of New Madrid and occurred on Feb. 7, 1812. The earthquakes altered the flow of the Mississippi River, turned rich farmland into fields of sand and destroyed countless structures. People on the East Coast of the United States felt shaking and church bells reportedly rang as far away as New England.”
 * 10) Missouri has a earthquake program that would be useful if we were to have a earthquake. http://www.sema.dps.mo.gov/EQ.htm