SUMMARY OF 1959 KANAB, UT EARTHQUAKE

SUMMARY OF KANAB 1959 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Kanab, UT
Local Date (Time):       Jul 21, 1959  (10:39 a.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Jul 21, 1959  (1739)
Location:                near Kanab, UT
Epicenter:               37 00.00   112 30.00   [1]
Magnitude:               5.7  [6]
Intensity:               VI  [1]
Felt Area:               21,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
  

Significant aftershocks:     None

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Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) (last date searched 07/27/1959)
     Headline:        Quake Hits Kanab Area
     Date:            07/22/1959
     Info Categories: E, P


 Salt Lake Tribune (last date searched 07/26/1959)
     Headline:        Tremor Rocks S. Utah
     Date:            07/22/1959
     Info Categories: E, N, P, S


 Southern Utah News (Kanab, UT) (last date searched 08/13/1959)
     Headline:        Earth Tremor Rocks Wide Area, Center Thought Near Kanab
     Date:            07/23/1959
     Info Categories: E, S

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

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