Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Near UT-CO Border Shakes Grand County
Dec 19, 2020, 8:36 PM
BEDROCK, Colo. – A magnitude 4.3 earthquake with an epicenter near the Utah-Colorado border shook southeastern Utah Saturday evening.
The earthquake was reported at 7:11 p.m., with a magnitude 3.3 foreshock registering at 6:53 p.m.
Officials with University of Utah Seismograph Stations said residents in Moab, Utah, and Bedrock, Colorado, reported feeling the earthquake.
M 4.3 and M 3.3 earthquakes near Utah-Colorado border near Bedrock, CO. https://t.co/IARLRCIva5
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“Today’s earthquakes occurred within an area of frequent small, shallow earthquake activity triggered by underground saltwater injection,” officials said. “Before today, a total of 12 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater had occurred within 16 miles of the epicenter of this event since 1997, including three earlier this year: a magnitude 3.4 on Sept. 16, a magnitude 3.8 on Nov. 8, and a magnitude 3.7 on Dec. 8.”
The largest earthquake recorded in the area of Saturday’s earthquakes was a magnitude 4.5 on March 4, 2019.
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Anyone who felt the quake was asked to report it to the U.S. Geological Survey here.