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Carolina. today we'll focus on parts of the midsouth. you might have heard this one before, the fault zone in the middle of the united states it is it repeatedly produced a series of earthquakes. up to a 40% chance that another big one could occur in the next 50 years. but the big difference this time around is that in 1811 and 1812, the area was sparsely populated. today, this is a major business and distribution hub and it could have global economic impacts. >> this is real foot like, tennessee, in the far northwest corner of the state of tennessee. >> reporter: this geologist describes how ...