These are the 119 Utah schools that experts worry put kids most at-risk in an earthquake

The report marks the first time all schools in the state have been studied and inventoried. And it follows the 2020 quake in Magna.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) West Lake STEM Junior High in West Valley City as seen on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, sustained extensive damage during the Magna earthquake. Seismologists have now identified 119 schools in Utah that would suffer a similar fate in another tremor here. The report was released Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.

These are the 119 Utah schools that experts worry put kids most at-risk in an earthquake

The report marks the first time all schools in the state have been studied and inventoried. And it follows the 2020 quake in Magna.

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