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Do hope that jsburger is OKAY.

My Wife's neice lives there. She says it was near the surface so they have some damage. Their buildings aren't earthquake hardened like California so they will likely see more damage. The neice couldn't go to work because the building she works in suffered damage and nobody is allowed in until the damage is assessed.

dusty wrote:Do hope that jsburger is OKAY.

Thank you for asking. Everything is fine.

It was a Magnitude 5.7 centered just SW of the Salt Lake International Airport. It occurred at 7:09AM. We live about 35 miles as the crow flies from the epicenter. It shook the house pretty good but no damage here. So far there have been 33 after shocks. The largest was Magnitude 4.4 which is the only one we have felt. USGS has said the earthquake occurred about 6 miles below the surface of the earth.

Overall damage has been light even in Magna which is very close to the epicenter. No injures or deaths. The airport is closed. No damage to the runways but they have to assess the terminal building before they let people back in.

The Salt Lake International Airport is now back open.

John,

I am glad all is well there with you. Hopefully it's just the earth letting a little pressure off and not an indication of more to come. Did you mentioned Magna for those of us who enjoy Shopsmith history?

chapmanruss wrote:John,

I am glad all is well there with you. Hopefully it's just the earth letting a little pressure off and not an indication of more to come. Did you mentioned Magna for those of us who enjoy Shopsmith history?

No but I wondered if anyone would pick up on that. Magna was the epicenter for the earth quake. For those that are wondering what we are talking about, Frank and Bob Chambers who formed Magna Engineering along with Hans Goldschmidt the inventor of the Shopsmith were from Magna, UT. Magna Engineering was named for Magna, UT. Another interesting bit of history is that the Magna Engineering internal news letter was called the Magpie. Magpies are very prolific in Utah.

We are up to 52 after shocks. They are getting farther apart and all have been in the 2 to 3 magnitude range.

Just had another after shock that we could feel here. #57 Magnitude 4.6

Man that is a lot of after shocks. We are used to these (truth be told you never get used to them) in CA but never had that many significant after shocks. Glad you are OK but what a ride.

sehast wrote:Man that is a lot of after shocks. We are used to these (truth be told you never get used to them) in CA but never had that many significant after shocks. Glad you are OK but what a ride.

Better those itty bitty aftershocks that relieve stress than the strain of another biggie. Glad all is well.

Now about the 'magna' location. What do they call that stuff that oozes out of the sides of volcanoes?(before it oozes).

sehast wrote:Man that is a lot of after shocks. We are used to these (truth be told you never get used to them) in CA but never had that many significant after shocks. Glad you are OK but what a ride.

Better those itty bitty aftershocks that relieve stress than the strain of another biggie. Glad all is well.

Now about the 'magna' location. What do they call that stuff that oozes out of the sides of volcanoes?(before it oozes). What's a missing 'hump' among friends? . . . . . . . . . . . m/n


P.S. Did it cause the coukoo(sp?) clock to stop?

Cuckoo