Where are the earthquake faults related to the New Madrid earthquake today?
There are four major faults in and around the Reelfoot Rift related to earthquakes in the New Madrid area. This interactive map shows where the faults are.
The links above to other interactives and animations offers much detail about related features.
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The IRIS Earthquake Browser (IEB) is an interactive tool for exploring millions of seismic event epicenters (normally earthquakes) on a map of the world. Selections of up to 5000 events can also be viewed in 3D and freely rotated with the 3D Viewer companion tool.
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