New Madrid Earthquake 2024 Today. To emphasize, there's no real reason for. T he first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep.

February is earthquake preparedness month in missouri — a time when anyone who might be affected by a major earthquake in the new madrid seismic zone or nmsz is. While there have fortunately not been many quakes big enough to garner much attention, the usgs says there have already been at least 63 felt.