New Madrid

Question 1

Hazard

Answer 1

The level of shaking in a earthquake 7.5 mag

Question 2

exposure

Answer 2

the earthquake caused flooding which reshaped the land and Mississippi River in that area and added tons of lakes

Question 3

vulnerability

Answer 3

collapse of bridges, builds, power lines - don’t have building codes because we don’t usually get earthquakes

Question 4

risk

Answer 4

millions of people are at risk in the area

Question 5

secondary effects

Answer 5

because of the earthquake

Question 6

intraplate - interpolate earthquakes

Answer 6

occurs at the interior of a tectonic plate rather then the boundary - have a network of faults under the surface

Question 7

liquefaction

Answer 7

a process by which water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength and acts like a fluid

Question 8

reel foot rift

Answer 8

rift is bound to the south by the White River fault zone and to the north by the Reelfoot normal fault

Question 9

uplift/subsidence

Answer 9

warping land

Question 10

longterm consequences

Answer 10

flooded the Mississippi River which stops transportation of goods - more will occur

Question 11

Implications for future earthquake hazard in the Midwest

Answer 11

Building codes, warning time, education