Community members were still bracing themselves for aftershocks from a magnitude 5.7 earthquake as they began to assess the damage and start rebuilding their business and lives.
Many residents across the Wasatch Front suffered damages to their homes after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the northern part of the state. The incident left many homeowners wondering, "How do I know if my home is still structurally sound and safe to sleep in tonight?"
Seismologists called the Wasatch Front’s 5.7-magnitude earthquake “moderate-sized,” but a large quake for Utah. Fortunately, they were not expecting “the big one,” or anything in the order of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the aftermath.
BLUFFDALE, Utah — The series of small earthquakes in the south end of the Salt Lake Valley continued Monday with monitoring stations recording several more small tremors. Since the seismic activity started on Feb. 13, there have been 139 earthquakes centered in the Bluffdale area, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations. The largest […]