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Mount Sunflower was designated as Kansas’s highest point by the United States Geological Survey in 1961. In the late 1970s Ed Harold decided to commemorate this site, homesteaded by his grandparents in 1906. The most famous attraction at the site is the sunflower sculpture made from railroad spikes that are welded together. [citation needed]
Earthquakes in Kansas may refer to: 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake; Oklahoma earthquake swarms (2009–present), including earthquakes in southern Kansas;
Easternmost point: Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones Province ¹ If the Argentine claims on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are considered, the southernmost point is Thule Island : 59°27′S 27°18′W / 59.450°S 27.300°W / -59.450; -27.300 ( Thule Island (South
The U.S. Geological Survey has determined that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake that jostled the Kansas City metro area last month was caused by a mine collapse.. The quake, which had an epicenter near ...
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.
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
1857 Fort Tejon earthquake: April 24, 1867: Kansas: 5.1 M fa: 0: 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake: April 2, 1868: Hawaii: 7.9 M fa 77: 1868 Hawaii earthquake: October 21, 1868: California: 6.3–6.7 M L 30: 1868 Hayward earthquake: February 20, 1871: Hawaii 6.8 M L 0 1871 Lānaʻi earthquake [2] March 26, 1872: California: 7.4–7.9 M w 27: ...
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.