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Name:                    Ephraim, UT
Local Date (Time):       Apr 15, 1961  (11:02 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Apr 16, 1961  (0502)
Location:                near Ephraim, UT
Epicenter:               39 20.40   111 39.60   [1]
Magnitude:               5.0  [1]
Intensity:               VI  [1]
Felt Area:               5,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
  

Significant aftershocks:     None

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  Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)(last date searched 04/21/1961)
     Headline:         Sanpete Quake Causes Talk But Little Damage
     Date:             04/17/1961
     Info Categories:  E, I, P, S


  Ephraim Enterprise(last date searched 06/05/1961)
     Headline:         Sharp Earthquake Saturday Rocks Central Sanpete Area
     Date:             04/21/1961
     Info Categories:  B, E, I, N, P, S


  Salt Lake Tribune(last date searched 04/21/1961)
     Headline:         Temblors Rattle Sanpete Region
     Date:             04/16/1961
     Info Categories:  E, N, S

     Headline:         After-Tremor Jolts Central Utah Area
     Date:             04/17/1961
     Info Categories:  E, N

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     Title:               Earthquakes in Utah
     Publication:         Seismicity in the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
     Info Categories:     B, N

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