Tag Archive for: hazards
Anyone feel the small earthquake last night? The micro event occurred about 3 miles outside of Mapleton, Utah.
fox13now.com
The United States Geological Surveys (USGS) reported that a 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit Utah Monday morning.
See the Univeristy of Utah Preliminary Earthquake Report HERE.
sltrib.com
At the northern end of a small but rapidly growing southern Utah community lies a modern ghost town.
ksl.com
A large rockfall recently closed state Route 9 in Zion National Park, prompting us to take a look back at the worst rockfalls and landslides in the park’s history.
Causes of earthquakes in remote areas remain a mystery. Read more on what scientists think is going on in Afghanistan where a 7.5 earthquake recently shook the area.
news.nationalgeographic.com
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake that shook northeast Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday was a type of quake not easily understood by scientists, even though it happened in what the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calls “one of the most seismically hazardous regions on Earth.”
sltrib.com
After the devastation caused by last year’s landslide that destroyed one home and damaged property, the North Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt a new geologic-hazard ordinance.
An earthquake felt round the world. Research shows that large earthquakes may trigger smaller earthquakes thousands of miles away.
smithsonianmag.com
On April 11, 2012, an 8.6 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean shook the Sumatran coast. Only a day later—3,900 miles (6,230 km) away—seismologists detected a set of smaller temblors rattling the eastern coast of Japan.
Chaos from California to Utah—this past weekend’s storms brought areas of flood waters across the area.
kutv.com
New video and images showcase wild weekend weather that affected people from California to Utah.
news.nationalgeographic.com
When we hear that a magnitude 8 earthquake has struck, we know that’s worse than a magnitude 4 earthquake. But how much worse?
If you missed it a couple of weeks ago, here is an article outlining the paleoseismic study some of our UGS geologists helped with on a trench.
nextcity.org
Not far from I-215 in Salt Lake City, near the airport, a deep trench cuts through the earth. Though it looks like a sewer repair project, there’s nothing down here but dirt. And dirt, to the trained eye, can reveal quite a bit about a city’s future.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.