5.7 magnitude earthquake in Utah knocks out power to thousands and diverts flights

Source: CNN

(CNN)A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Utah's Salt Lake City area Wednesday morning, cutting power to tens of thousands and suspending work at the state's public health lab amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

Inbound flights to Salt Lake International Airport were being diverted as workers inspect runways, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The quake was centered about 10 miles west of Salt Lake City and very near the city of Magna, starting at 7:09 a.m. MT, the US Geological Survey said.

This is the state's most powerful quake since 1992, when a magnitude 5.9 temblor struck the St. George area, Utah's Division of Emergency Management said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/us/utah-earthquake/index.html

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EtA -- my wife's friend in SLC says there have been a series of powerful aftershocks too

apparently the initial quake was 10km deep, but they're having a lot of shallow earthquake action too

the golden angel lost its trumpet thingy