Entries by Utah Geological Survey

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EXPLORE UTAH'S TERRAIN AT THE TOUCH OF AN APP

www.univers.byu.edu You are in Moab for the weekend, you have slick-rocked all day and now you consult your new smart phone application to find the next place to see and adventure to be had. The “Utah GeoSites” app allows students to navigate to more than 30 geological sites across Utah right from the touch of […]

JAPAN QUAKE PROMPTS WARNING FOR UTAHNS NEAR FAULT

abc4.com Japan’s magnitude-8.9 earthquake has promptedwarnings from experts that a major temblor along Utah’s Wasatch Front could kill thousands of people and cause billions of dollars in damage. While Utah is unlikely to experience a quake as powerful as the one that devastated Japan, the state could be rocked by one of up to a […]

DO YOU HAVE EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE

sltrib.com Thinking a bit about earthquakes today? A lot of people don’t realize that earthquake damage is not covered by basic homeowner’s insurance policies. If an earthquake damages or destroys your home and you don’t have earthquake coverage, you’re still obligated to pay your mortgage – even if you can no longer live in your […]

UGS Job Openings

For a complete announcements and instructions on how to apply, please visit the State of Utah website at: http://statejobs.utah.gov. HAZARDS MAPPING GEOLOGIST (official announcement) Application Period: 02/02/2011 – 03/06/2011 Location: Salt Lake City – Utah Geological Survey – 1594 W. North Temple The incumbent in this position will perform Quaternary geologic and geologic hazard mapping […]

NEW STUDY RELEASED ON 'THUNDER THIGHS' DINO IN UT

deseretnews.com Fossil remains of an athletic sauropod with a potentially mighty kick found in eastern Utah offer a rare bounty of clues into how four-legged herbivores thrived, according to a new study of the discovery. The results, published this week in the British journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, show that an unusually large hip bone compared […]

HOUSE DAMAGED IN LANDSLIDE TORN DOWN

ksl.com Crews tore down a house that fell victim to a slow-moving landslide in North Salt Lake. The home was one of several in the Spring Hill development in North Salt Lake that suffered damage with the slow movement of the hill. It took demolition crews less than an hour to tear down a home […]

CREWS PREPARE TO DEMOLISH LANDSLIDE-DAMAGED NORTH SALT LAKE HOME

ksl.com Demolition crews today are preparing to knock down a house damaged by a slow-moving landslide in the Springhill area. City manager Barry Edwards said a recent report from the Utah Geological Survey indicated there had been “significant movement of the ground” in the past 30 days, creating additional damage to homes in the North […]

DINOSAUR SPECIES NAMED FOR TWIN SCIENTISTS

sci-tech-today.com Celina Suarez and her twin sister, Marina, had always hoped they’d find dinosaur bones in the backyard of their childhood home in San Antonio, Texas. The pair never found any dinosaur bones behind their home. But they have found dinosaur bones — more than once. It was their find in Utah in 2004 that […]

THIRD EARTHQUAKE SHAKES UTAH COUNTY RESIDENTS

ksl.com Three earthquakes less than three day shave residents in Utah County on edge. Two of the quakes happened Sunday within hours of each other. The most recent happened just at 6:09 p.m. According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the 2.8 magnitude tremor hit roughly 3 miles west of Lehi. Prior to Sunday […]