Major Earthquake - Utah County

Felt it | 3/18/2020 | Techocrat

[Technocrat]

Very significant earthquake just now, 5.5 at least

[ought-six]

That’s not that far west of Yellowstone, which is a sitting geologic time bomb. Hope it’s not a precursor of things to come.

[FightforFreedomCA]

I blame Mittens

[mkleesma]

Couple of aftershocks have come in as well.

[Be Free]

Fake news. USGS maps show epicenter about 7 mi. WEST of SLC.

[Sir Napsalot]

Pray for best results, and

Stay safe.

[kelly4c]

Don’t think so but I can hear a faint sound of horses hoofbeats.

[crusty old prospector]

Keep looking for the Pale Rider.

[topher]

I imagine there might be some sloshing of the Great Salt Lake... 5.7 mag currently...

[MrHead]

https://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b3011.htm

5.7 being reported locally.

[FightforFreedomCA]

“Those Utah people, God must be judging them, maybe it’ll all implode into the Great Lakes, they deserve it...blah, blah” /s from California

[meadsjn]

Epicenter is about 10 miles WEST of SLC, north of Magna

[NEMDF]

Kids in Syracuse, UT checked in, are ok for now.

[Red Badger]

Are we sure it’s not the Air Force doing some of their practice bombing?

We get that a lot around here.............MOAB bomb 20 miles away will shake the house............

[Vermont Lt]

I didn’t know there were faults there.

[wastoute]

A number of cities like Tucson out west get their water from deep under their feet. Over the decades as they have reduced that volume more and more the earth in between settles some. One wonders if that isn’t what is happening.

[Vermont Lt]

Or, there is some kind if slippage along a fault line.

[aquila48]

That’s sizable. It’ll definitely get you out of bed.

[Vermont Lt]

The amount of water humans take out of the earth is really insignificant. Generally, it’s not pulling it from underwater “caverns” that could collapse. It is water that’s permeated the rock.

[Old Yeller]

Yep. And the sooner we do, the better. But I don’t see it, because man is too defiant.

[Godzilla]

That’s not that far west of Yellowstone, which is a sitting geologic time bomb. Hope it’s not a precursor of things to come.

You obviously have no sense of geography, let alone geology. Think first before posting such drivel.