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Name:                    San Rafael Swell, Ut
Local Date (Time):       Aug 14, 1988  (1:03 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Aug 14, 1988  (2003)
Location:                ~ 10 mi. ESE of Castle Dale, UT
Epicenter:               39 07.46   110 50.46   [4]
Magnitude:               5.3  [4]
Intensity:               VI  [7]
Felt Area:               110,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
  
Significant aftershocks:     None

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  Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) (last date searched 08/19/1988)
     Headline:         3 Quakes Stir Utah Geologists' Adrenalin
     Date:             08/15/1988
     Info Categories:  A, E, G, L, S


  Emery County Progress (Castle Dale, UT) (last date searched  09/13/1988)
     Headline:         5.6 Quake Jolts Emery County
     Date:             08/16/1988
     Info Categories:  A, B, E, G, L, N, P, S

     Headline:         Quake Info Wanted
     Date:             08/16/1988
     Info Categories:  R

     Headline:         Quake Shocks Felt
     Date:             08/23/1988
     Info Categories:  A, L, N, R, S

     Headline:         Earthquake Meeting Has Big Turnout
     Date:             08/30/1988
     Info Categories:  A, P, R, S


  Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) (last date searched 08/25/1988)
     Headline:         Three Earthquakes Rattle From Emery County
     Date:             08/15/1988
     Info Categories:  B, E, G, N, L, R

     Headline:         Quake Trio Surprises Geologists
     Date:             08/15/1988
     Info Categories:  A, E, R, S

     Headline:         Aftershocks Roll As Crews Comb Emery Area
     Date:             08/16/1988
     Info Categories:  A, E, G, R, S

     Headline:         Campers Near Quake's Epicenter Learn Lesson About 'The Puniness Of Man'
     Date:             08/16/1988
     Info Categories:  E, P

     Headline:         Aftershock In Emery Rated 4.6
     Date:             08/19/1988
     Info Categories:  E

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     Description:      Dust clouds in San Rafael Swell due to rock falls
     Source:           Terry Humphrey, BLM, Price, UT
     Info Categories:  G

     Description:      View from Cedar Mountain picnic area of rock falls in the San Rafael Swell, UT
     Source:           Terry Humphrey, BLM, Price, UT
     Info Categories:  G

     Description:      Dust clouds due to rock falls in the Wasatch Plateau, UT
     Source:           Darrel V. Leamaster, Castle Valley Spec. Serv
     Info Categories:  G

     Description:      Rockfall northwest of Ferron, UT
     Source:           Virginia and Gene Talbot, Ferron, UT
     Info Categories:  G

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     Description:      At home in Ferron, Utah
     Author:           Nelson, J. Rulon
     Info Categories:  E, G, N

     Description:      At home in Sunnyside, Utah
     Author:           Baca, Felix
     Info Categories:  E, G, N

     Description:      At home in Ferron, Utah
     Author:           Talbot, Virginia
     Info Categories:  E, G, N

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

     Title:               Geologic effects of the 14 and 18 August, 1988 earthquakes in Emery County, Utah
     Publication:         Survey Notes, Vol.22, No.1,2, p.8-15
     Info Categories:     G

     Title:               The Magnitude 5.3 San Rafael Swell, Utah Earthquake of August 14, 1988: A Preliminary Seismological Summary
     Publication:         Survey Notes, Vol.22, No.1,2, p.16-19
     Info Categories:     S

     Title:               CEM ALERT Report Summary of August 14, 1988 Earthquake in Emery County
     Publication:         Survey Notes, Vol.22, No.1,2, p.20-21
     Info Categories:     A, N

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