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SUMMARY OF PANGUITCH 1959 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Panguitch, UT
Local Date (Time):       Feb 27, 1959  (3:19 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Feb 27, 1959  (2219)
Location:                ~ 15 mi. NNW of Panguitch, UT
Epicenter:               38 00.00   112 30.00   [1]
Magnitude:               5.0  [1]
Intensity:               VI  [1]
Felt Area:               4,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]

  

Significant aftershocks:     None
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 Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) (last date searched 03/03/1959)
              No articles found


 Garfield County News (Panguitch, UT) (last date searched 03/28/1959)
              No articles found


 Salt Lake Tribune (last date searched 03/03/1959)
              No articles found

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Photographs Available 
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Additional Sources of Information Available 
      
     Title:               Earthquakes in Utah
     Publication:         Seismicity in the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
     Info Categories:     N
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