Wabash Fault holds high earthquake risk ST. LOUIS, April 26 (UPI) -- Scientists said the Wabash Valley Fault in Illinois may pose a higher risk to St. Louis than the better-known New Madrid Fault.

Study of a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occuring in southern Indiana in 2002 has led researchers to believe that a Wabash Valley fault line dating back to the Precambrian era has become reactivated.

But in the last 20 years, there have been at least three magnitude-5.0 or greater tremors along the Wabash Valley fault, including a magnitude-5.2 quake in 2008 that was felt as far away as ...

April 18, 2008 . Purdue earthquake expert says April 18 earthquake largest recorded for the Wabash Valley fault system WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher says earthquake activity in ...

The zone is made up of hundreds of fault lines covering about 150 miles and portions of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas. ... the Wabash Valley zone." ...

To the surprise of many, the earthquake on April 18, 2008, about 120 miles east of St. Louis, originated in the Wabash Valley Fault, not the better-known and more-dreaded New Madrid Fault in ...

Earthquake History of the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone Recent studies have indicated that the New Madrid Seismic Zone is not the only 'hot spot' for earthquakes in the Central United States. On June 18, ...

Evidence of quakes in the Wabash Valley Zone goes back at least 6,000 years and more have been recently identified. A 5.0 magnitude earthquake centered near Mt. Vernon, Illinois happened in 2002.

Near its epicenter in southeastern Illinois, the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that emanated from the Wabash Valley fault on April 18 did little but rattle windows. Yet in Louisville, Kentucky, more ...

But in the last 20 years, there have been at least three magnitude 5.0 or greater tremors along the Wabash Valley Fault, including a magnitude 5.2 quake in 2008 that was felt as far away as ...