Mid-America Earthquake Center Making Headlines Again

Since the earthquake in Illinois back in April, the Mid-America Earthquake Center has seen non-stop interest from the media. The excerpt below is just one of these examples. It is taken from the article “Earthquake Damage Potential Insurance Journal” (The Associated Press; San Diego, Aug. 15).

“According to Amr Elnashai, the director of the Mid-America Earthquake Center at the U of I, an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude along the New Madrid fault line, 7.1 magnitude along the Wabash Valley fault or 5.9 along the East Tennessee fault zone could cause economic damage as high as $60 billion in Tennessee, $45 billion in Kentucky and $40 billion in Missouri.”

The MAE Center has also recently been mentioned by The Associated Press via the following news outlets:

Daily Dunklin Democrat Kennett, Mo., Aug. 14)
Memphis Daily News (Tennessee, Aug. 15)
News-Leader (Springfield, Mo, Aug. 14)
News Tribune (Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 14)
Weakley County Press (Union City, Tenn., Aug. 15)
The Morning News (Bentonville, Ark., Aug. 13)
Joplin Globe (Missouri, Aug. 14)
Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas, Aug. 13)
Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 13)

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