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Study Confirms Rare Deep Mantle Quakes Beneath Utah

Study Confirms Rare Deep Mantle Quakes Beneath Utah

University of Utah researchers confirm a puzzling 1970s earthquake beneath northern Utah was real and part of a rare class of deep mantle events. The finding challenges assumptions about where earthquakes can occur and may refine regional seismic hazard assessments.

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Deep beneath Utah, rare mantle earthquakes reshape seismic hazard questions