Officials in Utah are scrambling to assess damages after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Salt Lake City early on March 18. The quake’s epicenter was in the small community of Magna, 10 miles west of the city.
No deaths or injuries have been reported, but flights into Salt Lake International Airport were diverted, and the Utah Transit Authority suspended train service as smaller aftershocks continued into the afternoon. The quake is the largest in the area since a 5.9 tremblor struck southern Utah in 1992.