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The 3.2-magnitude earthquake hit at 8:29 p.m. Friday night. Earthquake about 30 miles southwest of Wichita felt by some in the city, report shows Skip to main content
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook central Oklahoma late Friday night and was felt over a 200-mile radius from Kansas to Texas and Arkansas, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The 4.3 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:45 a.m. with an epicenter 16 miles southeast of Salina and was felt in Nebraska and Oklahoma. Kansas earthquake's epicenter is south of Salina ...
The 1867 Manhattan earthquake struck Riley County, Kansas, in the United States on April 24, 1867, at 20:22 UTC, or about 14:30 local time. The strongest earthquake to originate in the state, it measured 5.1 on a seismic scale that is based on an isoseismal map or the event's felt area. The earthquake's epicenter was near the town of Manhattan.
Kansas is not particularly earthquake prone, ranking 45th out of 50 states by damage caused. [2] However, the north-central part of the state, particularly Riley and Pottawatomie counties, is the most prone to earthquakes. The Humboldt Fault had the largest earthquake in Kansas history with the 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck southern Iran on September 26, killing 1 person. [23] A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 26. [170] A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 29. [171]
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Get the Wichita, KS local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian ...