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SUMMARY OF MORONI 1876 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:				Moroni, UT 
Local Date (Time):	  Mar 22, 1876  (exact time unavailable)
GMT Date (Time):	Mar 22, 1876  (exact time unavailable)
Location:			Moroni, UT
Epicenter:			39 31.64   111 34.89   [1]
Magnitude:			5.0  [1]
Intensity:			VI  [1]
Felt Area:			3,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]

  

Significant aftershocks:     none
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  Deseret News  (last date searched 03/25/1876)
      Headline:         News of the Day
      Date:             03/24/1876
      Info Categories:  E

      Headline:         News of the Day
      Date:             03/25/1876
      Info Categories:  E


  Salt Lake Herald  (last date searched 03/30/1876)
      Headline:         Earthquakes in Sanpete
      Date:             03/25/1876
      Info Categories:  B, E

      Headline:         The Earthquakes
      Date:             03/26/1876
      Info Categories:  E, N


  Salt Lake Tribune  (last date searched 04/01/1876)
      Headline:         Earthquakes
      Date:             03/28/1876
      Info Categories:  B, E, N, P

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Additional Sources of Information Available 

      
     Title:          Earthquakes in Utah
     Publication:    Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
     Info Category:  B, P

     Title:          Earthquake History of Utah, 1850-1949
     Publication:    Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
     Info Category:  B, E, P
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