New Madrid Fault Zone 2024. Researchers have mapped out three currently active ancient fault lines — fissures in the earth’s crust — in the new madrid area that formed around 500 million years ago, at a time when the north american plate tried and failed. Researchers look for evacuation routes after possible large new madrid quake “large (m7) earthquakes occur about every 500 to 600 years in the new madrid seismic zone,.

New madrid seismic zone is the most active seismic area in the united states east of the rocky mountains. In addition to the warning of a major new madrid earthquake, the 2017 and 2024 eclipses indicate a number of other things concerning america and the world.