Article: Kansas City, Kan., shaken by 3.0 quake

The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A small but rare earthquake shook a 40-block span of Kansas City, Kan., early Thursday, severely damaging a medical building with about 100 people inside. No injuries were reported.

The earthquake was measured a magnitude of 3.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo. The quake was considered weak but still uncommon for a Midwestern state, said Don Steeples, a professor in the geology department at the University of Kansas. "It's an unusual event but certainly nothing to be alarmed about," he said. John Minsch, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said he knew of just one other instance of an earthquake registered in the area. A ...

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