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Northern Utah Gets Second 4.2 Aftershock In A Week

Apr 16, 2020, 7:53 AM | Updated: 10:06 am
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Northern Utah felt another aftershock Thursday morning.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.2 magnitude aftershock happened at 7:41 a.m. at a depth of 6.2 miles with an epicenter about 3 miles northeast of Magna. It comes two days after another 4.2 aftershock rattled the area.

The quake happened the same day as the Great Utah Shakeout, where people across the state take part in a coordinated earthquake drill.

There have been more than 1,200 aftershocks since the mainshock on March 18, officials said.

According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, residents along the Wasatch Front could expect aftershocks to continue weeks, and even months, after the main event.

This feels abnormal to us because this is the first time in most of our lives that we’ve lived near an earthquake sequence like this,” according to a UUSS tweet. “But for the earth, this is business as usual.”

You can see the latest earthquakes from the KSL TV Earthquake Tracker.

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