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1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 24, 2018.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 24, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
February 27, 2018	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 17, 2018	Peer review	Reviewed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 25, 2010. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Humboldt Fault Zone, which produced the 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake, still poses a formidable threat to the state of Kansas?
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Reviewer: Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:08, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Might just be me but "Causing minor injuries, the earthquake fractured walls, downed chimneys, and interfered with the stability of structures, even loosening stones." that seems to me like the injuries were sustained by buildings, you may want to switch the first part of this sentence with the preceding one.
In the first half of the article, you use the metric system as the main unit of measure while in the second half, it shifts to imperial. For an article pertaining to the United States, it's preferred to use imperial as the main unit.

Overall this is a nicely research and well-written article on an old earthquake. There are just a few minor concerns I have (listed above) that need to be addressed before I can pass this article. As such, I'm putting the article on hold for seven days to allow time for these to be taken care of. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 15:08, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think I've resolved your concerns. Tell me if there's anything else you're concerned with. ceranthor 15:30, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, everything looks good. Sorry for the delay in passing this :) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Time

It occurred at '2.30 local time'. Is that am or pm? 82.32.238.139 (talk) 12:24, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

PM according to the infobox, and 2:30 AM wouldn't match with 20:22 UTC in America. I thought it was just me, but looks like people were being confused by this even 8 years ago! – numbermaniac 13:16, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Adding year number

Hi @Dawnseeker2000, you reverted my edit revid=838081049. I added the year 1867 because per Aftershock, earthquake and its aftershocks can last for years or as long as 200 years. I read this article featured on Wikipedia EN main page and was under-impression that the even took pace on Apr 24 this year (today). Adding 1867 was cheap, per WP:SNOWBALL, please don't revert the edit adding 1867. Feel free to state your objections here and I am more happy to be convinced. Xinbenlv (talk) 20:33, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]