Seismic activity maps show that most of those quakes are in Harper and Sumner counties in south-central Kansas. In these two counties, two magnitude 2.0 or larger earthquakes occurred between 1977 ...

KSNT News spoke with Tony Layzell, an assistant scientist with the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), about the mystery boulders and rocks people might encounter that are scattered across the ...

photo by: Contributed The KGS and its research partners recently completed an airborne survey in northwestern Kansas to help get data from the High Plains aquifer. Updated at 9:23 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19 ...

To look for ‘critical minerals’ for renewable energy, Kansas Geological Survey takes a rock sample from thousands of feet underground KU Jul 20, 2024 - 10:00pm ...

Kansas Geological Survey is expanding library and laboratory space at the University of Kansas for research on rock cores. This image is of preserved core brought up from more than 3,660 feet ...

Kansas Geological Survey estimated reductions of 18% to 32% in pumping of underground water in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas could extend life of the resource.

A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey will be in western Kansas to start measuring groundwater levels the first week of January 2025.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – You’ve likely felt one of the recent quakes in Wichita this month. There have been more than 10. The Kansas Geological Survey says evidence shows they may be man-… ...

DICKINSON COUNTY (KSNT) – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that an earthquake was detected Thursday in central Kansas. The USGS issued a report stating that a 3.6-magnitude earthquake ...

The disposal of waste saltwater from hydraulic fracturing could be to blame for a sharp increase in earthquakes in south-central Kansas, according to a geophysicist with the Kansas Geological Survey.

TOPEKA — Expansion of the Kansas Geological Survey’s drill core library will support analysis of oil and gas reservoir properties, hydrogen and carbon storage and identification of critical ...

TOPEKA — Expansion of the Kansas Geological Survey’s drill core library will support analysis of oil and gas reservoir properties, hydrogen and carbon storage and identification of critical minerals.