Earthquakes

Randy Dixon from the Pryor Center helps us remember the day in 1990 when the state paused in case of an earthquake.

February commemorates Earthquake Awareness Month. And Arkansas, maybe surprisingly, has about 200 earthquakes every year. To help us prepare for seismic events, big or small, Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis reached out to the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management’s earthquake program manager, Hilda Booth.

Legally present citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in northwest Arkansas are paying close attention to the Trump Administration’s executive orders. On today's show, reporter Jacqueline Froelich provides more details. Plus, the long history and uncertain future of earthquakes in Arkansas. Also, do podcasts need videos? Dan Craft says yes.

The death toll of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week from today is at least 35,000 and climbing. Thousands of buildings are reduced to rubble and thousands more people are left homeless. People, communities and organizations around the world are working to raise money, including the Bentonville Islamic Society and the Islamic Center of Northwest Arkansas.

Some entities in Arkansas, including the state Department of Emergency Management, are participating in the Great Central ShakeOut Earthquake Drill…

After a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City Sept. 19, a group of researchers including Clint Wood, an assistant professor of civil engineering at…

There was some shaking in Boone County Sunday morning.

Dirk DeTurck sits in a rocker on the front porch of his rural Conway home, nervously smoking a cigarette. The retired native New Yorker and U.S....

Certain insurance firms do not cover man-made earthquake damage, leaving homeowners shaken. We consult with the Arkansas Insurance Department about taking…

Scientists have simulated potential future earthquakes on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, centered in northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and northwest…