A Bunch of Small Tremors in Bluffdale
In the last couple years that I've been somewhat regularly (at least 4 times a week) reviewing the USGS website for earthquake activity, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/, I haven't seen this much activity in a single location in the Salt Lake valley: 19 smallish quakes in the Bluffdale area. I first noticed a smallish tremor reported last Wednesday (June 21), only a 1.4. This is too small for most people to even notice, and even the relatively few who might feel it, would question whether they actually felt it. (see the Wikipedia article for table of magnitudes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale) The day before there were three small tremors in the Heber City area, and one near East Carbon City. But near Bluffdale, there have been 19 tremors between June 21 and the morning of June 27, ranging from magnitude 0.8 to 2.1. I am not an earthquake expert, and while I don't think this is a sign of an immediate, impending large earthquake...