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Name:                    St. George, UT
Local Date (Time):       Apr 20, 1891  (6:55 a.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Apr 20, 1891  (1355)
Location:                St. George, UT
Epicenter:               37 06.38   113 34.41   [1]
Magnitude:               5.0 [1] 
Intensity:               VI  [1]
Felt Area:               3,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
  

Significant aftershocks:     None

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  Deseret Evening News  (last date searched 04/24/1891)
      Headline:            The Earthquake
      Date:                04/24/1891
      Info Categories:     E, P

      Headline:            Earthquake,Health and Fruit
      Date:                04/24/1891
      Info Categories:     E


  Salt Lake Herald  (last date searched 04/24/1891)
                No articles found.


  Salt Lake Tribune   (last date searched 04/26/1891)
                No articles found.

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     Title:             Earthquake History of Utah, 1850-1949
     Publication:       Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
     Info Categories:   B, E, N, P 

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

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