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defacto7

(13,485 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:24 AM Mar 2020

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Just had an earthquake here 5.7 Magna UT

A few aftershocks still happening.

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Just had an earthquake here 5.7 Magna UT (Original Post) defacto7 Mar 2020 OP

Where? Pachamama Mar 2020 #1

Salt Lake City - west side hatrack Mar 2020 #4

Magna UT defacto7 Mar 2020 #8

USGS link to event hauweg Mar 2020 #2

Yikes! liberalmuse Mar 2020 #3

It was quite a jolt then roll roll for most of a minute. defacto7 Mar 2020 #9

Very unsettling. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #13

Just had another pretty strong one. 4.0 defacto7 Mar 2020 #16

My daughter said liberalmuse Mar 2020 #18

It was definitely different. It was more of a long roll here. defacto7 Mar 2020 #19

The SLC airport was just evacuated and all flights diverted defacto7 Mar 2020 #20

WOW! Alacritous Crier Mar 2020 #5

Yeah, over by the copper mine. Smelter. defacto7 Mar 2020 #10

Trump will blame it on China! Nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #6

Trump: "... Hilary's emails caused the earthquake!!!" uponit7771 Mar 2020 #7

Her emails cause all earthquakes. defacto7 Mar 2020 #11

Aftershocks from all the toilet paper falling out of cupboards jmbar2 Mar 2020 #12

Whoa, just had another one.... defacto7 Mar 2020 #14

I was on my morning walk in South Jordan. UtahLib Mar 2020 #15

Yeah the one a few minutes ago was a 4.0. defacto7 Mar 2020 #17

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

1. Where?

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:26 AM

Mar 2020

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

4. Salt Lake City - west side

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:32 AM

Mar 2020

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defacto7

(13,485 posts)

8. Magna UT

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:41 AM

Mar 2020

hauweg

(98 posts)

2. USGS link to event

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:29 AM

Mar 2020

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu60363602/executive

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

3. Yikes!

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:31 AM

Mar 2020

When I lived in SLC, I was right on a major fault line and an earthquake was one of my biggest fears. That’s a rather large earthquake to happen in a place that has sand as a foundation. Be safe!

Just texted my daughter who has been sick in bed. It woke her up and she felt an aftershock before my text went through. It woke up my friend in Holladay. My daughter lives near Liberty Park. My daughter is relieved it was a small one to relieve the pressure (hopefully). At least she’s feeling better this morning.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

9. It was quite a jolt then roll roll for most of a minute.

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:48 AM

Mar 2020

My son and I were baking some bread and we bounced upward a couple times then rocked back and forth. Then I woke up the rest and got into the door frames. Some pictures fell but not much else.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

13. Very unsettling.

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:03 AM

Mar 2020

The number of aftershocks showing on USGS is crazy. It’s scary knowing something can shake your house like that. Glad you’re okay!

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

16. Just had another pretty strong one. 4.0

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:13 AM

Mar 2020

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

18. My daughter said

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:27 AM

Mar 2020

She felt that more than the 5.7.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

19. It was definitely different. It was more of a long roll here.

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #18)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:35 AM

Mar 2020

The 5.7 had a couple hard jolts right at the start.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

20. The SLC airport was just evacuated and all flights diverted

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:48 AM

Mar 2020

due to the quake.

Alacritous Crier

(3,816 posts)

5. WOW!

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:35 AM

Mar 2020

Hope you stay safe. 5.7 is significant. I've been to Magna before.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

10. Yeah, over by the copper mine. Smelter.

Reply to Alacritous Crier (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:49 AM

Mar 2020

USALiberal

(10,877 posts)

6. Trump will blame it on China! Nt

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:39 AM

Mar 2020

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

7. Trump: "... Hilary's emails caused the earthquake!!!"

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:40 AM

Mar 2020

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

11. Her emails cause all earthquakes.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:50 AM

Mar 2020

jmbar2

(4,895 posts)

12. Aftershocks from all the toilet paper falling out of cupboards

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 09:58 AM

Mar 2020

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

14. Whoa, just had another one....

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:03 AM

Mar 2020

UtahLib

(3,179 posts)

15. I was on my morning walk in South Jordan.

Reply to defacto7 (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:05 AM

Mar 2020

My poor little dog tried to jump into my arms. Just had a good aftershock shake the water in my toilet. Pretty scary. Direct TV has gone down.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

17. Yeah the one a few minutes ago was a 4.0.

Reply to UtahLib (Reply #15)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 10:16 AM

Mar 2020

It seemed pretty strong. Knocked a couple more pictures over.

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