Scientist: New fault could mean major Ark. temblor
January 22, 2009 By JON GAMBRELL , Associated Press Writer
Haydar Al-Shukri, director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, speaks with James Thompson with Entergy Arkansas, after a luncheon, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, in Little Rock, Ark. Al-Shukri said Wednesday that a previously unknown fault near Marianna that lies dormant could reactivate, putting a major gas pipeline at risk in eastern Arkansas. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
(AP) -- A previously unknown fault in eastern Arkansas could trigger a magnitude 7 earthquake with an epicenter near a major natural gas pipeline, a scientist said Wednesday. Haydar Al-Shukri, the director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said the fault is separate from the New Madrid fault responsible for a series of quakes in 1811-12 that caused the Mississippi River to flow backward.
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