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Line 70: ====Commemorating the earthquakes==== From the early years of the 19th century until well after the [[American Civil War]], the citizens of [[Union City, Tennessee\|Union City]], [[Tennessee]], would gather every [[February 7]] for an all-night "vigil and fish fry" on the site currently occupied by the Cumberland [[Presbyterianism\|Presbyterian]] [[Church body\|Church]], praying, singing, and beseeching [[God\|the Almighty]] to "spare the land over" for another year. ==New Fault Discovered Near NMSZ== On January 21, 2009, the director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the [[University of Arkansas]] announced the discovery of a new fault near [[Marietta, Arkansas]] which could generate a 7.0 earthquake in the future. This fault is close to, but appears to be separate from, the NMSZ.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_us/arkansas_earthquakes "Scientist Says Ark. Fault Could Generate 7 Temblor", Associate Press via Yahoo News (January 22, 2009)]</ref> ==Future quakes==