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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 ...
Utah was rocked by 728 earthquakes in the two weeks following the 5.7 magnitude mainshock that struck on March 18, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) has said.
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 ...
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 ...
Two months after the 5.7 magnitude earthquake, and more than 2,000 aftershocks, Utah leaders have a better understanding of the damage caused. Earthquakes caused $70M in Utah public infrastructure ...
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 ...
Salt Lake City was struck by an earthquake and subsequent aftershocks this morning. According to USGS, the quake had a magnitude of 5.7, a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles) and hit 4 km north-northeast ...
The state of Utah has been rocked by 728 earthquakes in the weeks since a 5.7-magnitude tremor rattled residents of Salt Lake City and beyond last month. That figure includes three quakes with a ma… ...