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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that an earthquake was detected Thursday in central Kansas. The USGS issued a ...
DICKINSON COUNTY — A small earthquake shook central Kansas Thursday afternoon. Just after 4:30p.m., a quake measuring a magnitude 3.6 rattled portions of rural Dickinson County three miles northwest ...
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it occurred at 4:33 p.m. CT, about 3.1 miles northwest of Herington. The quake ...
Fernando Salazar File photo Earthquakes in Kansas have decreased since the Kansas Corporation Commission ordered oil companies in two southern counties to reduce the amount of saltwater they ...
The epicenter is near the city of Conway Springs, officials said. Several earthquakes occurred in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the past two days, including the 4.8 magnitude earthquake ...
Jan. 17—While Kansas is more known for tornados than seismic activity , the area has seen a spike in earthquake numbers in the last decade. Those numbers are declining, however. Part one of this ...
The Kansas Geological Society is investigating whether a recent earthquake in southern Kansas might have been caused by oil production in the area. But KGS interim director Rex Buchanan says it ...
BENNINGTON, Kan. (WIBW) - A 3.2 earthquake was reported north of Bennington, Kansas, early Thursday morning. According to reports from the U.S. Geological Survey, the origin of the earthquake was ...
Miller said the actual drilling associated with fracking to extract oil or gas, has been proven to lead to earthquakes in other areas, including Oklahoma. But not Kansas. ”Fracking is not causin ...
The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake shook southern Kansas. The earthquake happened at 3:46 a.m. Sunday and measured 4.0 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was reported eight miles ...
In order to predict the future quakes, researchers looked at past earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas, states where there had been an increase in seismic activity due to a rise in injection wells ...
Though one would generally associate the Midwest more with tornadoes than with earthquakes ... The question, which would have allowed the Kansas legislature to pass abortion restrictions because ...