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MAGNA — You can blame 2020’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake for a small earthquake that rattled northwest Salt Lake County on the morning of June 3rd, 2022, University of Utah seismologists say. Read the full article here. For More Earthquake Information: Image Caption: Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City Neighborhood Building Damage from the 2020 Magna, Utah M5.7 Earthquake
SALT LAKE CITY – Today, FEMA and the Utah Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Management (Utah DEM) released an inventory of unreinforced masonry (URM) school buildings in the state. The inventory has been in development over the past decade to support state efforts to identify URM buildings of all types, which are at greater risk of damage in …
Water and schools are among the Commission’s biggest concerns. Salt Lake City — The Utah Seismic Safety Commission (USSC) calls on state policymakers to implement five actions to improve Utah’s resilience to a major earthquake. The USSC identified the five projects in partnership with local nonprofit Envision Utah and support from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, the Structural Engineers Association …
Magna Earthquake Does Not Diminish the Risk of a Major M7 to M7.5 Earthquake Salt Lake City — Thurs., March 18, 2021 marks the one year anniversary of the moderate magnitude (M) 5.7 earthquake that struck northern Utah near Magna. The mainshock was widely felt across the Wasatch Front. Over 30,000 felt reports were received by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) …
UPDATE: Public Notice – Federal Funding for Public Assistance (PA) and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs (HMGP) in Salt Lake County READ THE PUBLIC NOTICE HERE Interested persons may obtain information about these actions or a specific project by writing to the Federal Emergency Management Agency – Region VIII EHP Office, Denver Federal Center, Box 25267, Denver, Colorado 80225-0267, or by …
Seis meses después de que el terremoto de Magna sacudiera los condados de Salt Lake y Davis, las agencias federales han entregado más de $2.2 millones en préstamos y subvenciones para ayudar a los habitantes de Utah a recuperarse del desastre del 18 de marzo y sus réplicas. FEMA ha aprobado más de $664,000 a través de su Programa para …
Six months after the Magna Earthquake shook Salt Lake and Davis counties, federal agencies have provided more than $2.2 million in loans and grants to help Utahns recover from the March 18 disaster and its aftershocks. FEMA has approved more than $664,000 through its Individuals & Households Program (IHP), the majority of which is going to housing assistance to help …
“Los terremotos ocurren en cualquier momento”, dice Doug Perry, oficial de información pública del Distrito Escolar de Murray. “Desafortunadamente, el Terremoto de Magna del [18 de marzo] ocurrió en medio de una pandemia. No tener que preocuparnos por nuestros edificios escolares, que sobrevivieron y se desempeñaron muy bien, fue un gran alivio para nuestro distrito”. Eso se debe a que …
“Earthquakes happen when they wanna happen,” says Doug Perry, public information officer for the Murray School District. “Unfortunately, the Magna Quake [March 18] happened in the middle of a pandemic. Not having to worry about our school buildings ─ that they survived and performed well ─ was a huge relief for our district.” That’s because the Murray School District decided …
What did the earthquake feel like to you? This post hit the web at 7:09 a.m. today. That’s exactly six months to the minute since many Utahns felt their first earthquake. Can you believe it? The thing about your first earthquake is that your brain often doesn’t think it’s an earthquake right away. Why does it do that? We’ll get …
