New Madrid Earthquake Zone 2024 Game. An earthquake along the new madrid fault has just hit the midwest, devastating many communities. This animation shows the simulated ground motion of the earth’s surface that could occur in the central u.s.
Scientists say they believe there is a 7% to 10% chance such an earthquake strikes within the new madrid seismic zone in the next 50 years. Until 2014, when the dramatic increase in earthquake rates gave oklahoma the number one ranking in the conterminous u.s., the most seismically active area east of the rocky.