Monday, July 15, 2013

Small quake today in northwest Arizona

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded at 9:12 am local time today, in far northwest Arizona, about 12 miles south of St. George, Utah.    The area lies in the Intermountain Seismic Belt that extends north through Utah and into Idaho.  [Right, orange star marks epicenter. The red lines are active faults. Credit, USGS]

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