Wimauma-Lithia-area historical earthquake activity is near Florida state average. It is 96% smaller than the overall U.S. average. On 9/10/2006 at 14:56:08, a magnitude 5.9 (5.9 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, Depth: 8.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 289.7 miles away from the city center.
Most Hawaiians disapproved annexation, but Americans and a small, powerful group of sugar growers, traders and missionaries approved of it. After William McKinley became president, Congress approved of the annexation of Hawaii, and in 1900, Hawaii joined the Nation as a state.
Since the 1840s, keeping European powers out of Hawaii became a principal foreign policy goal. Americans acquired a true foothold in Hawaii as a result of the sugar trade. The United States government provided generous terms to Hawaiian sugar growers, and after the Civil War, profits began to swell.