earthquake

The first reports of damage from Nevada's six-point-five earthquake are in.  And the pictures really say it all.  The main road between Las Vegas and Reno has massive cracks.  It's now shut down with no word on how long repairs will take.  The quak ...

The U.S. Geological Service is reporting that a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck in remote western Nevada early Friday. The temblor was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range. The initial quake struck about 4.7 mi ...

The head of Utah's emergency management agency is telling Salt Lake Valley residents that they should expect more aftershocks like the one that hit the area yesterday morning. Joe Dougherty says the magnitude-4.2 earthquake that was centered northeast of Magna early yesterday was fairly normal, even though it happened less than two days after another strong aftershock that rocked parts of the Vall

Utah experienced it’s second 4.2 aftershock of the week following March 18, 2020, 5.7 earthquake. University of Utah Seismograph Station said Thursday’s 4.2 aftershock happened 7:41 a..m. Tuesday nights 4.2 aftershock happened at 8:56 p.m. The epicenter o ...

Local government leaders are extending disaster declarations tied to a March 18th earthquake in the Salt Lake Valley.  Both the Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County councils voted yesterday to extend their emergency declarations to July 6th.  ...

Seismologists say a 4.2 magnitude earthquake aftershock hit the Salt Lake Valley last night.  Joe Dougherty of the Utah Division of Emergency Management says the aftershock was felt over a wide area. The aftershock began just before 9 p.m. a... Read More ... Read More ...

A large earthquake struck north of Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck just before 5 p.m. It was centered near Challis, Idaho— about 78 miles from Boise. Northern Utah residents reported feeling the quake. Seis ...

The Wasatch Front got a rude awakening this morning from an aftershock.   The U.S. Geological Survey says a two-point-nine magnitude quake struck northeast of Magna, just after 8 a.m.  This all comes after a three-point-nine magnitude aftershock struck last night near the same area.  The ...

State transportation officials are inspecting more than six-hundred bridges that may have been impacted by yesterday's earthquake.  The Department of Transportation says so far crews have examined 240 bridges and found seven with minor damage.  ...

Officials at a Salt Lake Emergency management press conference said the spill at Kennecott was confirmed as hydrochloric acid. Officials say it has dissipated, and poses no danger to the general public. Emergency managers also said Kennecott had moved their employees to safety ...