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SUMMARY OF MAGNA 1962 EARTHQUAKE
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Name: Magna, UT Local Date (Time): Sep 05, 1962 (9:04 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Sep 05, 1962 (1604) Location: Magna, UT Epicenter: 40 42.92 112 05.33 [1] Magnitude: 5.2 [1] Intensity: VI [7] Felt Area: 42,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]Numbers in brackets indicate source of information. See Reference ListSignificant aftershocks: None
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)(last date searched 09/11/1962)
Headline: Sharp Quake Rocks S.L. Valley
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, L, N, P
Headline: Latest Temblor No Aftermath, U Expert Says
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: E, P, S
Headline: S.L. Reaction Varies on Quake Shock
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: B, E, L, N, P
Headline: Don't Spread Rumors In Quakes, Police Urge
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: A, I, P
Headline: Many Earthquakes Hit Utah Over the Years
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: E, P
Headline: Damage Minor In Downtown S.L.
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: B, N
Headline: Quake Seemed Stronger--It Was in S.L.
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: E
Headline: Quake Shakes Cuckoo Loose
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: H, P
Headline: S.L. Valley Cleans Up After Quake
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: A, B, E, I, L, N, P, R, S
Headline: House Still Shaking? It's Your Imagination
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E, P
Headline: What To Do In A Quake? Find Protection Inside
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: A
Headline: Agency Studies Quake Effects
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: A, R
Headline: Richter Scale Applied to Utah Quakes
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E, S
Headline: S.L. Returns To Normal After Tremor
Date: 09/07/196
Info Categories: B, E, I, P, R
Herald Journal (Logan, UT) (last date searched 09/10/1962)
Headline: Salt Lake Valley Has Quake Scare
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, L, N, P, S
Headline: Cache Scientists Aid In Locating SL Quake Center
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, E, N, S
Headline: Safest Place In A Quake
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, E, N, S
Magna Times(last date searched 09/27/1962)
Headline: Earthquake
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E, N
Headline: Magna Area Suffers Damage From Quake
Date: 09/13/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, N, P, S
Headline: Cyprus Capers
Date: 09/13/1962
Info Categories: A, E, H, P
Ogden Standard-Examiner(last date searched 09/11/1962)
Headline: S.L. Valley Shaken By Quake; Wide Area Damaged Slightly
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, N, P, S
Headline: Jolt Revives Cuckoo Clock
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: H, I
Headline: Temblor Rattles Ogden; No Reports Of Damage
Date: 09/05/1962
Info Categories: E, I, P
Headline: S.L. Jolt Linked To Cache Quake
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, N, P, S
Headline: More 'Quakes Lately? No, Says Seismologist
Date: 09/07/1962
Info Categories: E, S
Salt Lake Tribune(last date searched 09/13/1962)
Headline: Sharp Quake Cracks Homes, Schools Across S.L. Valley
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, E, I, L, N, P
Headline: Quake Center At Magna
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E, S
Headline: Area Utilities Normal In 'Shock' Belt
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, E, L, P
Headline: Quakes Still Jolt Imaginations
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: P, S
Headline: Quake Tips: It's Debris That Hurts
Date: 09/06/196
Info Categories: A
Headline: Richter Scale -- What Is It?
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E, S
Headline: It's Cracking Good Yarn
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, H
Headline: Cathedral Untouched
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B
Headline: Quake Perfumes Plumbing Job At Liquor Store
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: B, H, P
Headline: Quake Smashes 'Time Barrier'
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: H, I
Headline: Quake Jitters Stir Cache
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: A, E, I, P, S
Headline: Temblor Jiggles Weber County
Date: 09/06/1962
Info Categories: E
Headline: Light Shocks Shown On U.'s Gauges
Date: 09/07/1962
Info Categories: A, B, E, L, R
Headline: Index To Earthquakes: File Under P, S, L and T
Date: 09/09/1962
Info Categories: S
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Description: Clock stopped at 9:05 a.m. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: N
Description: Inside wall cracks, Cyprus High School. Magna, UT
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: B
Description: Biology Lab, Cyprus High School. Magna, UT
Source: Salt Lake Tribune Library
Info Categories: N
Description: Clean-up at Colosimos' Standard Market. Magna, UT
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: N, R
Description: Clean-up at Grand American Market. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: N
Description: Fallen brick and resulting ceiling damage. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: B, N, P
Description: South High School students and staff evacuate building. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: I, P
Description: Filing cabinets thrown open & tilted. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: N
Description: Ceiling damage and fallen bricks in home. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: B, P
Description: Mother, 2 children in damaged bedroom. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: B, P
Description: Woman amidst quake debris in bedroom. Salt Lake City, UT
Source: Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: B, P
Description: Repairing gas pipe leak. West Point, UT
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: L, R
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Description: Student in junior high school gym class in Salt Lake City
Author: Anderson, Alllyson
Info Categories: E, N, P
Description: Mother and young son at home in Tooele, UT
Author: Dale, Alice
Info Categories: E, P
Description: Young secretary on fourth floor of Salt Lake City office building
Author: Hickman, Colleen H.
Info Categories: E, P
Description: Man on balcony in Cottonwood Mall, Holladay, UT
Author: Payne, Robert M.
Info Categories: E, N
Description: Husband and wife on farm in Draper, UT
Author: Smith, Barbara
Info Categories: E, N, P
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Additional Sources of Information Available
Title: Earthquakes in Utah
Publication: Seismicity in the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
Info Categories: B, N
Title: Effects of Six Damaging Earthquakes in SLC
Publication: Historical Earthquakes in Salt Lake City, Utah; Event and Institutional Response
Info Categories: B, E, N
Title: Appendix II: Sites, Types of Buildings, Earthquake Effects and MM Intensities
Publication: Historical Earthquakes in Salt Lake City, Utah; Event and Institutional Response
Info Categories: B, E, N, P
Title: United States Earthquakes 1962
Publication: United States Earthquakes 1962
Info Categories: B, E, N, P
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