The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 were the strongest temblors in the North American interior in at least the past five centuries.
They summoned a range of traditions of inquiry into the natural world and drew connections among signs of environmental, spiritual, and political disorder on the cusp of the War o.
From the Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a broad cast of thinkers struggled to explain these seemingly unprecedented natural phenomena.
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 were the strongest temblors in the North American interior in at least the past five centuries