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The 1867 Manhattan earthquake remains the largest earthquake to originate in the state, [10] though at least 25 have taken place since, [2] including another powerful earthquake 10 miles (16 km) north of Manhattan in Pottawatomie County. [11] In 2016, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake with an epicenter in Oklahoma shook the Manhattan area. [12]
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: ...
Earthquakes in Kansas may refer to: 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake; Oklahoma earthquake swarms (2009–present), including earthquakes in southern Kansas;
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.
The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, a 9.2 magnitude temblor that killed 131 people. It lasted four and a half minutes and ran along the Aleutian fault.
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.
Earthquakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones from 1974 to 2002, with magnitudes larger than 2.5. The zone had four of the largest earthquakes in recorded North American history, with moment magnitudes estimated to be as large as 7 or greater, all occurring within a 3-month period between December 1811 and February 1812. Many of ...