This was not the first documented earthquake in the general area, as reports of one under the Great Salt Lake, came out of Kelton on December 28, 1880, complete with evidence of a small tidal wave hitting the mud flats. Dr. Frederick J. By Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D., State Historic Preservation OfficerWith trembles strong enough to shake “the dignity out of all judicial procedures,” [i] at Salt Lake City’s courts, the 6.6 magnitude earthquake rattled homes, businesses, and nerves from Boise, Idaho to Richfield, Utah and Rock Springs, Wyoming to Elko, Nevada. U.S. earthquake history: The Great Alaska Quake of 1964. jdougherty April 10, 2020 Geology, Preparedness. Utah has experienced seventeen earthquakes greater than magnitude 5.5 since pioneer settlement in 1847, and geologic studies of Utah’s faults indicate a long history of repeated large earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 and greater prior to settlement.
[ii] And just like during the historic 6.6 magnitude earthquake, unfounded rumors swirled about aOn March 12, 1934 at 8:05 a.m., the 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck and within seconds “an undulating from east to west swayed the city,” followed with an aftershock at 8:32 a.m. and a third at 11:21a.m., and each of those aftershocks registered above the 5.0 magnitude marks themselves. Frederick J. From documented records, there were nine earthquakes greater than magnitude 3.0 between the 1880 report and 1949, making it a relatively active fault in the Great Basin.
Perhaps even more visually impressive than damaged buildings in Utah, massive tears in the surface of the ground stretched for at least five miles north and south in Hansel Valley and into the mud flats of the Great Salt Lake.
Companies shut down train traffic all the way to Evanston, Wyoming until inspectors cleared railroad tunnels, the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) noted that the quake “split three three-story brick economics building from top to bottom”, and a school in Preston, Idaho had one wall shift over 6” apart from the abutting walls. Dr. Frederick J.
In comparison, the earthquake striking Salt Lake County on March 18, 2020 reached what the author considers a more than sufficient magnitude of 5.7, damaging both property and our collective psyche. The Utah Division of State History’s State Historic Preservation Office created a brochure with some ideas on how to prepare your home for the next earthquake, and the Utah Division of Emergency Management’s website is an excellent resource on additional information for earthquake preparedness. U of U Seismograph Stations Reducing the risk from earthquakes in Utah through research, education, and public service Ida May Venable Atkinson of Ogden died of a heart attack shortly after waking up to the earthquake, and Charles Bithel, a Salt Lake City Waterworks employee, died of internal injuries at LDS Hospital after a six-foot deep trench collapsed on him.Utahns learned valuable lessons from the 1934 earthquake, and within a few years researchers established numerous seismograph stations around the state to better collect information on earthquakes. On Good Friday, March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. local time, the earth began to shake in … [v] The Utah Division of State History’s State Historic Preservation OfficeFor more information on this and other earthquake history in Utah:A DIVISION OF THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HERITAGE & ARTS ©2019 Pack and his family toured the epicenter and provided startling images of heaved earth and massive cracks, some areas showing a 19” rise between sides of the crack. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Salt Lake City area Wednesday morning, cutting power to tens of thousands and suspending work at Utah's public health lab … And why we don’t expect an earthquake of that size in Utah. There are many parallels between the two earthquakes, but also vast differences based on the strength of this 1934 quake and its location. Salt Lake County’s 2020 earthquake, whose epicenter was near downtown Magna, damaged well over 160 historic buildings and left several unfit for human occupation at least for a short while.