How the New Madrid Fault Line rocked Arkansas... and may again

By Randy Dixon,

Kyle Kellams

Published March 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM CDT

Randy Dixon from the Pryor Center helps us remember the day in 1990 when the state paused in case of an earthquake. he brings archival recordings to discuss dire predictions that didn’t come true and the history of the New Madrid Fault Line.

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Randy Dixon

Randy Dixon is the Director of News Archives and Media for the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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