FESTUS, Mo. – A minor earthquake rattled parts of eastern Missouri on Monday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — If you lived near New Madrid, Missouri in 2000, it would cost just $57 a year to insure your home against an earthquake. With seismic faultlines under your feet that could ...

Once, earthquake insurance was so common and cheap, agents just added it on to policies in southern Missouri, remembers Missouri Farm Bureau Agency Sales Manager Jason Ginder. But, because the ...

Croy said Missouri is a leader in using social media to get the message out about earthquake risk. The department touts its campaign as one of the reasons why insurance coverage rates increased to ...

Latest Missouri earthquake does no major damage, but reawakens concern about safety Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch Nov 19, 2021 ...

MISSOURI, USA — February is Missouri Earthquake Awareness Month with a focus on the importance of being prepared in the event of an earthquake. Some may not know that southeastern Missouri is ...

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's claim to fame. But these days, earthquake insurance is prohibitively expensive.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s been more than 200 years since a large earthquake shook the Midwest, but experts say that’s not a reason to dismiss the risks one could happen here.

Earthquake insurance in southeast Missouri is about eight times more expensive than it was in 2000, according to a report from the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that from Dec. 16, 1811, to Feb. 7, 1812, three major earthquakes believed to be magnitude 7.0 or greater occurred in what’s now the New ...

SIKESTON, Mo. – A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck early Tuesday in the southeast corner Missouri, waking up residents in as many as 12 other surrounding states. The US Geological Survey (USGS ...

ST. LOUIS – Wednesday evening’s earthquake in southeast Missouri was the largest quake within 70 miles in the last three decades. The 4.0 magnitude earthquake happened at 8:53 p.m. in ...