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Any insurance people out there, are standard homeowners policies in need of earthquake insurance?
llinois experiences one earthquake a year on average. Only one quake in 20 years causes damage.
• The last reported damage-causing earthquake measured 5.0 and centered in southeastern Illinois near Lawrenceville and Olney in June 1987.
• Serious damage occurs from a quake only once in every 70 to 90 years in the state.
• The Illinois Geological Survey says devastating earthquakes in the Central U.S. occur only once in every 700 to 1,200 years.
• The last major quake in the Midwest happened Halloween 1895 and was centered just south of Charleston. The magnitude was estimated 6.8 and people as far away as Pennsylvania reported feeling the tremor. Sill, no one was killed or injured and no buildings collapsed.
• The New Madrid Seismic Zone, of which portions of Illinois are a part, experienced three huge quakes estimated at more than 8.0 on the Richter Scale during the winter of 1811-12. The region was sparsely populated so only a few injuries are known. But, the force appeared to reverse the course of the Mississippi River for a time and rang church bells in Boston. The power opened fissures, formed lakes, uprooted and snapped trees, sunk or raised large sections of land more than 20 feet and affected 600,000 square miles.
• USGS scientists think a major quake occurs on the New Madrid Fault about once every 500 years. In 2003, the USGS predicted a 7 percent to 10 percent chance of an earthquake of the magnitude of 7.5 to 8.0 occurring along the New Madrid Fault in the next 50 years.
• Scientists estimate the likelihood of a damaging quake measuring 6.3 or greater in the Midwest in the next 15 years at 40 to 63 percent. The likelihood is nearly 100 percent one will occur in the next 50 years.
llinois experiences one earthquake a year on average. Only one quake in 20 years causes damage.
• The last reported damage-causing earthquake measured 5.0 and centered in southeastern Illinois near Lawrenceville and Olney in June 1987.
• Serious damage occurs from a quake only once in every 70 to 90 years in the state.
• The Illinois Geological Survey says devastating earthquakes in the Central U.S. occur only once in every 700 to 1,200 years.
• The last major quake in the Midwest happened Halloween 1895 and was centered just south of Charleston. The magnitude was estimated 6.8 and people as far away as Pennsylvania reported feeling the tremor. Sill, no one was killed or injured and no buildings collapsed.
• The New Madrid Seismic Zone, of which portions of Illinois are a part, experienced three huge quakes estimated at more than 8.0 on the Richter Scale during the winter of 1811-12. The region was sparsely populated so only a few injuries are known. But, the force appeared to reverse the course of the Mississippi River for a time and rang church bells in Boston. The power opened fissures, formed lakes, uprooted and snapped trees, sunk or raised large sections of land more than 20 feet and affected 600,000 square miles.
• USGS scientists think a major quake occurs on the New Madrid Fault about once every 500 years. In 2003, the USGS predicted a 7 percent to 10 percent chance of an earthquake of the magnitude of 7.5 to 8.0 occurring along the New Madrid Fault in the next 50 years.
• Scientists estimate the likelihood of a damaging quake measuring 6.3 or greater in the Midwest in the next 15 years at 40 to 63 percent. The likelihood is nearly 100 percent one will occur in the next 50 years.
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