Thursday, February 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Micro-earthquakes shake Kansas
Staff Wrtier
By ROB HAGAN
Although most Kansans don't know it, there may be a lot of shaking going on underneath the seemingly still prairies of the state.
A series of seven small earthquakes shook parts of Kansas during the last several months, according to Don Steeple and colleagues associates for the Kansas Geological Survey.
The earthquake, all measuring less than 3 on the Richter scale, were so small that Wilson and Steeples called them micro-earthquakes. The cause of the micro-earthquakes is unknown, according to Steeples.
Wilson and Steepes began earthquake research about two years ago and received funding nine months later. The project is funded by the Nuclear Research Foundation at $150,000 a year.
An earthquake can create moderate damage with a force of 5 on the Richter scale. Major damage can occur with a measurement of six or greater.
THEY ARE four stations in Kansas that measure rainfall in the United States and China.
The sensing system went into operation in late summer and the earthquakes it detected came as no great surprise to either geologist.
"We're fairly certain these earthquakes didn't start in December," Wilson said. "They've probably been happening all the time, but they are instruments sensitive enough to pick them up."
The strongest recent tremor in Kansas, according to the researchers, occurred southeast of Senapec at 5:30 a.m., Jan. 27. It happened along the Humboldt fault, which was considered by geologists to be an inactive fault before this measurement.
The fault runs north and south through Kansas, from Nematab County in the north to South Dakota.
"THE SENECA earthquake was equivalent to several tons of dynamite exploding," Steepsman said. He said that the impact would have weakened the surface, but that it did no damage.
Supervisor criticizes Nazi clubhouse use
THE WOLF Creek nuclear power plant
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A city supervisor says he is appalled that two Nazi groups are using a public park clubhouse for meetings from which non-white and Jews are barred. But a city attorney says the groups can legally keep out whoever they
Both the National Socialist White People's Party and the National Socialist White Workers Party have paid the standard $15 fee to the City Recreation and Park Department for using the clubhouse less than a year, the past two years, Bernice Rodges, the department supervisor who issues permits, said Tuesday.
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"The power plant should withstand a 5.5 earthquake without a catastrophic shut-down." Steeples said, "So there isn't anything to worry about."
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Earthquakes are a critical factor in nuclear power plant design, he said. Builders consider earthquake activity within a 200-mile radius of the proposed plant to specify a plant to specificize using the strongest earthquake in the area as a standard.
"OUR STUDY of earthquake activity," Steeples said, "hopefully will ensure that thing are built safely and it will help ensure that things are destroyed in other words, they're not over-designed."
Steeples thinks that the construction of the Woolly Creek plant is strong enough to withstand a hurricane.
"I if thought there was going to be a major earthquake," he said, "I would buy earthquake insurance. Right now I don't have penny's worth and I don't intend to buy any."
Kansans shouldn't be worried about these minor earthquakes in the area, Steeples said. They may indicate that a moderate earthquake could come, but not for many years.
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