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What was the most powerful quake in US history?

New Madrid Earthquake

In the winter of 1811-1812 three of the most powerful earthquakes in US history occurred - and they weren't even in California! Although the Richter Scale (which measures earthquake magnitude) wasn't around then, the Dec. 16th New Madrid quakes in central Mississippi was felt in Boston, Detroit, and New Orleans - it was the sparse population in the area that avoided many deaths.

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