School started as usual Thursday morning at Canyon View Elementary in Cottonwood Heights. But within a few minutes, it was obvious the day would be a little different. It was part of the Great Utah ShakeOut, a statewide event during which people in schools, offices, and homes practice for an earthquake.
With several earthquakes making headlines, the Utah Division of Emergency Management is encouraging Utahns to be prepared. The Great Utah ShakeOut is taking place Thursday, April 18.
How much would it be worth to get notified of an earthquake 16 seconds before it happened? One lawmaker says 5 million dollars, but it's worth the cost.
Every year, organizations, workplaces, schools and homes across the state participate in the Great Utah ShakeOut. Lincoln Elementary was one of the schools that participated Thursday.
60 earthquakes under Yellowstone Lake have been recorded between 11:18 p.m. Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, with magnitudes ranging from -0.1 to 3.7.
Nearly three years after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Magna that was felt widely across the Wasatch Front, an earthquake expert talks about how Utah needs to prepare for "The Big One".
One year ago Thursday, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter enter near Magna shook many Utahns awake and it is still revealing new information about the Wasatch Fault.
Danny Colosimo was home on March 18, 2020, getting ready to go meat a supplier at his family business when the quake hit. He missed the destruction at the market by 15 minutes.
The smooth hills and fields of the Black Rock Desert near Fillmore became a place for scientists to monitor more closely following earthquakes in the area in 2018 and 2019.
Another small aftershock shook Magna Friday night, and state officials said the smaller earthquakes can continue for months after March's magnitude 5.7 quake.