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 ...

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.

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 ...

LAWRENCE — Crews are undertaking an annual effort to monitor changes in groundwater levels in western and central Kansas. The Kansas Geological Survey will measure nearly 570 wells beginning ...

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-… ...

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.

At 87th and Blue Ridge Parkway, excavation exposed almost 1,000 feet of limestone and shale strata, described in Gentile’s “The Geology of Kansas City, Missouri,” an auto tour through the city.

HOUSTON, Mar. 30-- William E. Harrison, interim state geologist and interim director of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, was named to those positions on a ...

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 ...