SUMMARY OF 1894 OGDEN, UT EARTHQUAKE

SUMMARY OF OGDEN 1894 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Ogden, UT     
Local Date (Time):       Jul 18, 1894  (3:50 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Jul 18, 1894  (2250)
Location:                Ogden, UT
Epicenter:               41 13.45   111 57.55   [1]
Magnitude:               5.0  [1]
Intensity:               VI  [1]
Felt Area:               not available

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  Deseret Evening News  (last date searched 07/24/1894)
      Headline:        The Ogden Earthquake
      Date:            07/19/1894
      Info Categories: E, N, P


  Salt Lake Herald (last date searched 07/23/1894)
      Headline:        The Earth Trembled
      Date:            07/19/1894
      Info Categories: E, N

  Salt Lake Tribune  (last date searched 07/24/1894)
      Headline:        Earthquake at Ogden
      Date:            07/19/1894
      Info Categories: E, P


  The Standard (Ogden)  (last date searched 07/23/1894)
      Headline:        Earthquake
      Date:            07/18/1894
      Info Categories: E, N, P

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Additional Sources of Information Available

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

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

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