A major fault located in Utah, USA, called the Wasatch Fault, is worrying scientists. It could cause larger earthquakes in ...

A recent study from Utah State University geoscientists explores the characteristics of rocks from a fault zone in Utah.

Their research revealed significant clues about the Wasatch Fault's earthquake risk. "Although the Wasatch Fault dips sharply at Salt Lake City, it curves more gently at depth as it moves west and ...

According to Yonkee, Wednesday’s earthquake didn’t hit on the main Wasatch fault zone ... a building sustains in a quake depends on many factors, including how long the shaking lasts, how ...

In the year since a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, Utah’s complicated Wasatch fault has come into sharper ... wherever there are historic brick homes at risk of collapse in a sizable quake.

Utah's biggest earthquake fault runs east of Salt Lake City, at the base of the steep Wasatch Mountains ... planners are also concerned about the risk of flooding from waves in the Great Salt ...

It shows there's significant risk in densely populated and rapidly developing areas near active Wasatch Front fault lines. Based on the map, Utah can have seismic activity in unexpected areas.

Keith Koper, who directs the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, said the energy released from a magnitude 7.0 shaker along the Wasatch Fault is ... would be about a factor of 25 times ...

The team's research revealed significant clues about the Wasatch Fault's earthquake risk. Researchers explain why properties of fault rocks and geologic events that occurred more than a billion ...