末日的地球：大地震

难道一个杀手级地震袭击美国的心脏地带？ If history proves true, the answer is yes.如果历史证明属实，答案是肯定的。 The 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes (centered in southeast Missouri) rank as some of North America"s most catastrophic natural disasters.在1811年至1812年新马德里地震（在东南密苏里州）作为北美最灾难性的自然灾害等级。 Stretching more than 160 miles, a system of earthquake faults lurks beneath the Mississippi River basin, loaded and ready to erupt.拉伸超过160英里，地震断层下方的密西西比河流域，装载，准备爆发潜伏着制度。 And it"s happened before.它的发生过。 Pioneer residents of New Madrid, Missouri were thrown from their beds in the early hours of December 16, 1811 when an estimated 8-point earthquake hit.新马德里先锋居民，从密苏里州被抛出12月16日，凌晨1时，他们的病床1811年估计有800点的大地震发生。 But it wasn"t just one event.但它不只是一个事件。 Multiple shocks were experienced over the next three months--the largest caused the Mississippi to flow backwards.遇到了多重冲击，在未来3个月 - 造成最大的密西西比河倒流。 No earthquake sequence has lasted so long, produced so many shocks, nor created such astonishing phenomena on land and water.没有地震序列已经持续了这么长时间，这么多的震荡产生，也造成对土地和水等惊人的现象。 The New Madrid Fault remains a seismically active area and experts expect a repeat.新马德里断层仍然是一个地震活跃地区，专家预计一重复。 The only question is when...唯一的问题是，当...