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SUMMARY OF HANSEL VALLEY 1909 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Hansel Valley, UT
Local Date (Time):       Oct 05, 1909  (7:50 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Oct 06, 1909  (0250)
Location:                ~ 25 mi. W of Garland, UT
Epicenter:               41 46.00   112 40.00   [1]
Magnitude:               6 +/-  [6]
Intensity:               VIII  [1]
Felt Area:               78,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]

Significant aftershocks: None

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Newspaper Accounts

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 Deseret Evening News (last date searched 10/20/1909)
      Headline:         Two Earthquakes Visit Salt Lake
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  B, E, G, L, N, P, S

      Headline:         An Earth Tremor
      Date:             10/07/1909
      Info Categories:  S

      Headline:         Earthquake Echoes From Brigham City
      Date:             10/09/1909
      Info Categories:  B, N

      Headline:         Six Earthquake Shocks Felt at Plymouth
      Date:             10/12/1909
      Info Categories:  E, P


 Ogden Standard (last date searched 10/13/1909)
      Headline:         Ogden and Other Utah Cities Are Shaken By an Earthquake
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E, N


 Salt Lake Herald Republic (last date searched 10/15/1909)
      Headline:         Salt Lake Shaken By Seismic Waves Two Distinct Shocks Felt
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E, L, N, P, S

      Headline:         Many Inquiries Made About the Earthquake
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  P

      Headline:         Ogden Feels Tremors in Valley and Canyon
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E

      Headline:         Logan is Alarmed When Earth Trembles
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E, N, P

      Headline:         Small Earthquake Recorded
      Date:             10/07/1909
      Info Categories:  E, S

      Headline:         University Notes
      Date:             10/08/1909
      Info Categories:  S


 Salt Lake Evening Telegram (last date searched 10/15/1909)
      Headline:         Utah and Idaho Are Shaken By Two Strong Earthquake Shocks
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E, H, L, N, P, S

      Headline:         By Dr. Fred J. Pack
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  S


 Salt Lake Tribune (last date searched 10/12/1909)
      Headline:         Utah is Shaken Up By an Earthquake
      Date:             10/06/1909
      Info Categories:  E, N, P


 The Journal (Logan) (last date searched 10/14/1909)
      Headline:         County is Visited By Earthquake
      Date:             10/07/1909
      Info Categories:  E, N, P

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Additional Sources of Information Available
      
     Title:            Earthquakes in Utah
     Publication:      Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
     Info Categories:  B, G, L, N

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

     Title:            Effects of Six Damaging Earthquakes in SLC
     Publication:      Historical Earthquakes in Salt Lake City, Utah; Event and Institutional Response
     Info Categories:  B, N, P

     Title:            Appendix II: Sites, Types of Buildings, Earthquake Effects and MM Intensities
     Publication:      Historical Earthquakes in Salt Lake City, Utah; Event and Institutional Response
     Info Categories:  B, N, P
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