New Madrid Quakes: USGS Scientist Dispels Errant Report

Published: June 11, 2010, 4 a.m.

A little information, out of context, can be dangerous. That's what we found out this week. A story suggesting that the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12 originated in Southern Illinois gained some traction in news outlets across the mid-continent. But as our correspondent Jacque Day reports, that wasn't the whole story. Here, she looks into the facts versus the fiction.