earthquakes

In the last two years, the state has created a website of earthquake resources and released a plan for unreinforced masonry buildings on the Wasatch Front.

The latest Utah news for Friday evening, Mar. 18, 2022.

Officials say 95% of school buildings were constructed of unreinforced masonry 60 years ago. Today, only about 12% are. But the pressure is on to reinforce them or rebuild ahead of the next major earthquake.

The latest Utah news from Thursday morning, Sept. 2, 2021.

Friday evening, July 10, 2020Utah’s Health Care Community Worried About COVID SurgeUtah’s medical community is calling on state officials to mandate…

A wastewater facility on Colorado's Western Slope is resuming operations more than a year after it was shut down for causing a sizable earthquake in 2019.

Tuesday morning, March 24, 2020Should Utah Shelter In Place?Both California and New York have issued orders for their residents to “shelter in place” or…

On Wednesday, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Salt Lake Valley. To help explain the science behind this event, KUER’s Caroline Ballard turned to Dr.…

Updated 7:32 p.m. MDT 3/18/2020 A 5.7 magnitude earthquake, centered 3 miles north of Magna, shook the Wasatch Front at 7:09 a.m. MDT Wednesday, the…

Updated 5:36 p.m. MDT 3/18/2020The 5.7 earthquake that shook Salt Lake County and the region Wednesday morning had Utahns already anxious from the…

Wednesday morning, March 18, 2020Earthquake Hits Salt Lake CityA 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Salt Lake City just after 7 a.m. this morning and has been…

Nara Bopp was working at a thrift store in Moab, Utah the morning of March 4 when her desk started moving. “I immediately assumed that it was a garbage...