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A minor earthquake, centered in Utah County, rattles the Wasatch Front

People near the earthquake’s epicenter reported feeling light to moderate shaking.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

The Wasatch Front was jostled by a 3.5 magnitude earthquake Thursday just before 1 p.m.

The earthquake’s epicenter was in northern Utah County, near Thanksgiving Point and about 4.4 miles west of Lehi, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

According to a USGS map showing peoples’ reports about the shaking, the small earthquake was felt as far south as West Mountain, on the south end of Utah Lake, and as far north as West Bountiful.

People also shared their experiences feeling the earthquake in Reddit’s Utah subreddit community. One user said they felt a considerable jostle in the fourth story of a building in Lehi. Another person in the city said their entire condo building shook.

Anyone in the utah county region feel that quake?
by u/spooderman467 in Utah

The small earthquake came two weeks after a 4.7 magnitude shook Utah near the Wyoming border.

People who felt the earthquake can report it on the U.S. Geological Survey’s website.

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