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'The big one': Recent New Madrid earthquake panic isn't based in reality
Numerous social media videos warn a large earthquake in a Missouri seismic zone would split the country in half. Here's what an actual seismologist says. NEW MADRID, Mo. — After a series of recent National Guard drills in downtown St. Louis, countless …