SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After a 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook northern Utah, officials are warning of aftershocks. Here’s how to stay safe during a potential tremor.
The quake hit just before 7:50 a.m. Thursday morning in the Uinta Mountains just a few miles west of the East Fork of the Bear River, just five miles south of the Utah-Wyoming border. The earthquake was measured at a magnitude of 4.7.
“Aftershocks are possible,” Box Elder County said in a social media post. “If you feel shaking again, remember to drop, cover, and hold on.”
“It is possible that you could feel more shaking later today,” Keith Koper with the University of Utah Seismograph Station said. “The good news is we don’t have any reports of injuries or damage.”…