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2020 Salt Lake City earthquake information


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake
2020 Salt Lake City earthquake is located in Utah
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City
2020 Salt Lake City earthquake
UTC time2020-03-18 13:09:31
ISC event617799112
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local dateMarch 18, 2020 (2020-03-18)
Local time07:09 a.m. MDT
MagnitudeMw5.7
Depth11.7 km (7.3 mi)
Epicenter40°51′04″N 112°04′52″W / 40.851°N 112.081°W / 40.851; -112.081
FaultWasatch Fault
TypeNormal[1]
Areas affectedUtah
Total damage>$629 million (estimate)[2]
Max. intensityMMI VIII (Severe)[3]
Aftershocks2,300+ (As of July 30, 2020)[4]
CasualtiesSeveral injured

At 7:09 AM MDT on March 18, 2020, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, with an epicenter 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Magna, Utah,[1] beneath the site of the planned Utah Inland Port. It was the first major earthquake to occur within the Salt Lake Valley since the city was founded,[5] the state's strongest earthquake since the 1992 St. George earthquake, and the first earthquake of comparable magnitude to occur near Salt Lake City since 1962, when a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck a similar location in Magna.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b ANSS, "Magna 2020", Comprehensive Catalog, U.S. Geological Survey, retrieved March 18, 2020
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ ANSS: Magna 2020, ShakeMap: Station List (accessed March 3, 2020).
  4. ^ ANSS. "Search results".
  5. ^ "Largest earthquakes in Utah above 5.5M since 1900". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "USGS: M 5.0 in Magna, Utah, 1962". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Peterson, Sheryl (January 14, 2020). "1962 – Magna, UT – M 5.2". quake.utah.edu. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

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