Kansas is experiencing an era of unprecedented seismic activity. Come learn all about earthquakes and induced seismicity in Kansas at 7 p.m. Friday, July 14, in the Community Room from Rex Buchanan, retired Director of the Kansas Geological Survey.

Rex is Director Emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), based at the University of Kansas. He started at the KGS in 1978, and was the Interim Director from 2010 to 2016. He served as Secretary of the Association of American State Geologists, past chair of the Geology and Public Policy Committee of the Geological Society of America (GSA), and past president of the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE), the Kansas Academy of Science, and the Association of Earth Science Editors. He chaired the Kansas Task Force on Induced Seismicity from 2013 to 2016. In 2008 he was named a Fellow of GSA and in 2016 received GSA’s Public Service Award. In 2009 was given the John Strickler award for environmental education from KACEE. He also provides occasional commentaries on Kansas Public Radio and has written and contributed to numerous books.