As Utah prepares for an overdue, big earthquake, University of Utah seismologists found that current seismic hazard models may be underestimating the intensity of shaking the Salt Lake Valley could ...

Earthquake swarms in Utah are suspected to be linked to geothermal energy, according to new research. By analyzing decades of seismic data, seismologists at the University of Utah are working to ...

PROVO, Utah — 80,000 images. That's how many a Brigham Young University (BYU) student and his team stitched together to make a realistic 3D model of BYU's campus in Provo.

Mike Hylland, senior scientist for Utah Geological Survey, points out markers in a research trench as members of the media talk with earthquake experts in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 ...

Much of central Utah's seismic activity comes in groups of small earthquakes. A study by seismologists examines 2,300 quakes occurring 40 'swarms' dating back to 1981, opening a window into Earth ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency modeling predicts more than 3,000 deaths, 9,300 people critically injured and 84,400 displaced households if a 7.0 magnitude earthquake were to hit Salt Lake ...

What can earthquake rupture zones teach us about earthquakes and how to predict them? This is what a five-year, $2.3 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Frontier Research ...

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake shook a portion of Utah early Thursday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported just after midnight local time about two ...

April is Earthquake Awareness Month in Utah and experts remind us, though the Wasatch Fault seems calm, the threat of an earthquake remains. Here in Utah, we are used to preparing for a day with ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Cedar City, Utah, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was about 19 miles southwest ...