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Title: NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE
Caption: (b) This zone is the most earthquake-prone region in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Epicenters of recorded earthquakes since 1974 are shown as crosses. New Madrid is located in the northeast part of the map. (U.S. Geological Survey)
Keywords: earthquakes, plate tectonics, tectonic plates