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Earthquake detected in Kansas Flint Hills

By Matthew Self,

2024-05-27

SOLOMON ( KSNT ) – The U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ) is reporting a minor earthquake in the Kansas Flint Hills on Memorial Day.

The earthquake was detected in Dickinson County near the town of Solomon on May 27. It had a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter Scale, making it a relatively weak earthquake, according to the USGS.

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Kam Sandow

05-28

Has anyone measured the fault line just outside of JC recently? When I was in geology class at cloud, our professor took us over to it. Just wondering with all these recent earth quakes around us if there’s been any measurable movement?

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