ENVR New Madrid fault keeps moving...

[Chocolatier]

Just a baby 3.1 this time, but that makes 84 quakes in the area since April 18th.

http://www.rrstar.com/news/x2043512156/Report-New-Madrid-fault-quake-registers-3-1


WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Ind., is reporting that a 3.1-magnitude quake Thursday night struck Bellmont in southern Illinois, about 5 miles northwest of Mount Carmel.

No damage or injuries yet have been reported.

It was the 84th earthquake in the New Madrid fault line area since April 18, when a 5.2 temblor near Bellmont was felt in the Rock River Valley.

 

[tanstaafl]

Where is 84 on the historic average over a similar timespan? Clearly earthquakes on or near the New Madrid fault aren't completely unheard of (even excluding the big ones in 1811/1812 and 1895). Here's an interesting URL posted earlier on TB2K - http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps3.htm#segments.