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A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck about 7 miles from Huntsville, Utah, on Saturday night at 6:40 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Utah Seismograph Stations.
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck about 7 miles southeast of Huntsville, Utah, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 6:40 p.m. Saturday and was about 3.4 miles deep, the USGS reported.
Two people reported feeling light shaking from the earthquake, according to a U.S. Geological Survey map.
More than 310 reports of people feeling the earthquake had been received by 9:15 p.m., according to Gephardt Daily.
The Utah Division of Emergency Management said in a social media update that it was hearing from people who felt the quake in Ogden, east Layton and Syracuse, and as far south as Fruit Heights.
Since 1981, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations has located 73 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or greater within 15 miles of Saturday’s epicenter. The largest was a magnitude 3.7 earthquake on Aug. 30, 2023, according to the university.
Residents in Weber and Davis counties reported feeling the shaking, and the University of Utah Seismograph Stations classified the event as a minor quake.
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