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.
Petitions for a popular vote in Hawaii were ignored. Fearing that he lacked two-thirds support for annexation in the Senate, the new Republican president, William McKinley, called for a joint resolution of Congress (the same way that the United States had acquired Texas).