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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100410:19:52:00

carolina. today we ll focus on parts of the midsouth. you might have heard this one before, the fault zone in the middle of the united states it is it repeatedly produced a series of earthquakes. up to a 40% chance that another big one could occur in the next 50 years. but the big difference this time around is that in 1811 and 1812, the area was sparsely populated. today, this is a major business and distribution hub and it could have global economic impacts. this is real foot like, tennessee, in the far northwest corner of the state of tennessee. reporter: this geologist describes how this landscape was forever changed by the new madrid earthquake nearly 200 years ago. this part of the area around here was downdropped dure the earthquake. it actually sank and part of the river was affected by the change in local elevation. reporter: it was so powerful, it forced the mississippi river to flow backwards and fill the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100329:16:47:00

bolts? these are charleston s legendary earthquake bolts. what you see in the side of this building is not actually the earthquake bolt itself. that s the long iron rod that runs all the way through the building. reporter: what are we going to see at the fort? we re going to be seeing the effects of the earthquake. reporter: retired geology professor has spent decades researching the 1886 quake. he said the fault zone is deep and runs right through nearby historical fort dorchester. the force of the earthquake caused this to break. and moved this one towards in a left lateral sense. reporter: this comes out. and this is pushing back. it goes like this. exactly. exactly. so we have and here, the displacement is about four inches. ten centimeters. so to have the earthquake be so strong, that it breaks this, and moves it, gives you some clue what is going on. 95% of all earthquakes happen

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100327:20:53:00

bolt itself. that the long iron rod that runs through the building. reporter: what are we going to see at the fort? you re going see the effects of the earthquake. reporter: retired geology professor has spent decades researching the 1886 quake. he says the fault zone is deep and runs rights through nearby historical fort dorchester. you can get an idea of the earthquake which caused this to break and moved this one towards in a right lateral sense. sorry, in a left lateral sense. reporter: this comes out and this is pushing back. right. reporter: goes like this right here. exactly. exactly. so we have and here, the displacement is about four inches or ten centimeters. so to have the earthquake be so strong that it breaks this and moves it gives you some clue what is going on. 95% of all earthquakes happen where two plates come together and shift, like what happened with the earthquake in chile.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140109:20:34:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140109:20:34:15
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