<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1811–12_New_Madrid_earthquakes" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes">The first two in a series</a> of four severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> occur in the vicinity of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Madrid Seismic Zone">New Madrid, Missouri</a>.