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 ...

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 ...

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.

A network of fissures, known as the Wasatch fault zone ... not indicate an increase in earthquake risk. “What has changed is our resolution of the faults and our ability to more closely see ...

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 ...

to map high-resolution images of roughly 210 miles along the Wasatch Front. The fault mapping and representation of 'special survey zones' indicate which areas are most at-risk to surface rupture ...

With roughly 80 percent of the state's population living close to the Wasatch Fault, and that number only growing, she said it's crucial to mitigate risks. "If you're in an older brick building ...