re: Now Closed: Everything you ever wanted to know about EARTHQUAKES

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When is the New Madrid expected to have its next big quake and what will happen when it does?

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Who knows?

Like I said earlier, it all comes down to stress relief in rocks. Too much stress = Earthquake.

And relatively recently it had a big stress relief.

Same question posted here

It says there was 3 earthquakes including a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in 1811 and 1812. But after that it's had small ones. Small ones relieve stresses over the longterm.