Peterie said earthquakes are common in Kansas but most, more than 90%, are so small they are overlooked. These “microearthquakes” sit in the shadow of stronger tremors that can start to be ...

WICHITA, Kan. – Geologists are blaming a spate of small Kansas earthquakes on an underground pressure wave that is slowly creeping northward from the Oklahoma border region. The Wichita Eagle ...

Kansas is one of five states least likely to experience earthquake damage, state officials say. The worst on record was of 5.5 magnitude in 1867 near Manhattan.

Anthony, Kansas, has been at the heart of Kansas earthquakes after the proliferation of wastewater disposal wells. A decade ago, Kansans felt an earthquake once every few years. Now ground tremors ...

Kansas officials have been reluctant to link the mysterious earthquakes in south central Kansas to fracking, but last week they said for the first time the temblors are likely caused by disposal ...

WICHITA — Lori Lawrence can close her eyes and relive the first major earthquake to strike her century-old house on North Larraine Drive. “I didn’t feel it. I heard it,” she said. “It ...

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake shook portions of Kansas on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The center of the quake was roughly 3 miles from Hutchinson.

Kansas residents and scientists are noting an increase in earthquakes and wondering if fracking is the cause. January 29, 2014 • Mike Hendricks, McClatchy News Service ...

Earthquakes in Kansas and Oklahoma have been linked to... Stonework litters the sidewalk outside an empty jewelry store in Pawnee, Oklahoma on September 3, 2016 after a 5.6 earthquake struck near ...

While Oklahoma actually experienced some structural damage in several earthquakes, Kansas hasn’t seen anything stronger than a magnitude 4.9 that shook some items off of shelves.

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolted a lake shoreline Friday, July 11, in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Then dozens of smaller quakes followed. The 6.5-mile-deep quake hit ...