SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — A minor 2.5 magnitude earthquake rattled part of Salt Lake County Wednesday afternoon and at least 50 people reported feeling the shake.
The epicenter was located two miles East North-East of Magna and had a depth of 10.6 kilometers, the United States Geological Survey and the University of Utah Seismograph Stations reported.
West Valley City was just four miles away from the epicenter while Salt Lake City was just under ten miles away.
The quake happened at 11:50 a.m.
At least 50 people felt the quake in the area, with some calling FOX 13 News to report the shake.
Most people reporting were within ten miles of the epicenter and reported only very weak or light shaking, data shows.
"We did not feel it, no, we were inside, and a customer came in and said, did you feel the quake?" said Danny Colosimo, part-owner of Colosimo's.
Colosimo's has specialized in sausage and seasonings in Magna for the past 100 years.
Not too far from Colosimo's mind is the earthquake that shook the town, back in March of 2020.
"I tell everybody this, there wasn't, at least when I felt it, there wasn't as much side-to-side movement as it felt like somebody had picked the town up and just dropped it, you know like it sank," said Colosimo.
Colosimo estimates that the earthquake caused around $30,000 - $40,000 worth of damage to his building.
"We broke some windows, we lost some bricks, It was, it was potent," said Colosimo.
Katherine Whidden, a Research Scientist with the University of Utah Seismograph Stations says the 2.5 earthquake on Wednesday was an aftershock from that magnitude 5.7 quake more than three years ago.
"This aftershock sequence has, has just been ongoing since the 2020 event," said Whidden. "I think the number was 2,800 earthquakes in the Magna aftershock sequence total."
Whidden says they have a network of more than 250 seismic stations, which monitor the state of Utah and Yellowstone National Park.
"We would expect the aftershock sequence to continue to decline both in magnitude and number of earthquakes, but I can't promise them that they'll never feel an earthquake again," said Whidden.
Some of the damage still remains from the big quake of 2020, more than three years later, for Colosimo.
"We had a real big sign, you know, Colosimo's original, that was hand-painted, and it broke in half, couldn't be fixed," said Colosimo.
He told FOX 13 News on Wednesday that he feels his building is better equipped now to handle any of the Aftershocks or future earthquakes that may take place.
"The restoration, the fellow that did it said we're, the building is buttressed so that it's more able to withstand, you know, another quake of that magnitude," said Colosimo.
Some reports indicate people felt the quake as far North as Ogden and as far South as South Jordan.
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