Editing Bemidji, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|22.335|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|17.440|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.895|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (21.90%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/>

[[File:Bemidji, Minnesota aerial.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial photo of the city and lake]] Four-lane [[U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota|U.S. Route 2]], [[U.S. Route 71#Minnesota|U.S. Route 71]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 197]] are three of the main routes in the city. Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 89|89]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 371|371]] are nearby.

The largest earthquake on record for the Bemidji area was recorded on September 3, 1917. It is claimed that it shook houses in Bemidji and across northern Minnesota.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Little Falls Daily Transcript|date= September 4, 1917|title=Earthquake Shakes City}}</ref> The epicenter was about {{convert|95|mi|km}} away in [[Staples, Minnesota]], and it affected an area of {{convert|48,000|km2|sqmi}}; it had a [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 4.4 with a maximum intensity of VI to VII. The closest and most recent quake occurred in [[Walker, Minnesota]], on September 27, 1982, with a magnitude of 2.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=ftp://mgssun6.mngs.umn.edu/pub2/mnglance/.%2FMn_Earthquake.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712030522/ftp://mgssun6.mngs.umn.edu/pub2/mnglance/.%2FMn_Earthquake.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2017|title=Minnesota at a Glance: Earthquakes in Minnesota|publisher=Regents of the University of Minnesota|year=1994}}</ref>