Tag Archive for: geologic hazards

fox13now.com

A landslide in a Riverton neighborhood Thursday afternoon left a 30-foot wide, and 40-foot tall hole on a hillside between two homes.

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deseretnews.com

A section of Jones Hole Creek that remained closed after a 2013 rock slide has reopened to the public.

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nationalgeographic.com

More than 143 million Americans live in an earthquake zone, a new analysis shows, though many of them may be surprised to learn that dangerous shaking is possible in the places where they live.

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standard.net

Last week, while Davis County residents went about their routines, officials dealt with the aftermaths of two 6.5 simulated earthquakes that rocked Farmington and Bountiful.

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deseretnews.com

Drop, cover and hold on. More than 700,000 Utahns will be participating in a statewide earthquake drill Thursday for the annual Great Utah ShakeOut, an initiative to help people and organizations practice how to protect themselves in the event of a major earthquake.

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deseretnews.com

It’s 2 a.m. on an April Thursday. Along the Wasatch Front, most of the more than 2 million Utahns who live here are sleeping, at home in suburban homes or aging apartments, even as thousands of others are working graveyard shifts in hospitals or other businesses.

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stgeorgeutah.com

A minor earthquake shook the ground 17 miles west of Ivins near the Nevada border early Monday morning. The local magnitude 3.0 earthquake happened at 7:47 a.m., and there are no reports of any damage or injuries.

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dailyutahchronicle.com

The U will hold an earthquake drill on Wednesday to test the campus alert system.

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www.good4utah.com

Emergency preparedness is ingrained in the Utah culture.  A recent study found that 78-percent of families have a 72 hour emergency kit.  While we may be more prepared than other places…our population is expected to grow by 2.5 million in the next 35 years.

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www.heraldextra.com

Consider the hypothetical looming disaster everyone’s been afraid of for years: Utah County is hit with an earthquake.

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