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West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah (0 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / vibration and rolling / 10-15 s : Sleeping and awoken by my bed rolling back and forth a few times
Event status: disregarded [?]
Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 2.4 mi west of West Valley City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, Monday, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:56 am (GMT -7) -
27 Dec 08:11 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 15 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Dec 27, 2021 07:56:28 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:56 am (GMT -7) |
| Status | disregarded |
| Magnitude | unknown (3?) |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 40.68255°N / 112.04547°W  (Salt Lake, Utah, United States) |
| Antipode | 40.683°S / 67.955°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking) |
| Nearest volcano | Black Rock Desert (194 km / 121 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 4 km (2 mi) WSW of West Valley City (pop: 136,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 5 km (3 mi) WNW of Kearns (Salt Lake County) (pop: 35,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 6 km (3 mi) ESE of Magna (Salt Lake County) (pop: 26,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 9 km (6 mi) W of Taylorsville (pop: 60,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 12 km (8 mi) NW of West Jordan (pop: 111,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) W of Murray (pop: 49,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) W of Millcreek (pop: 62,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SW of Salt Lake City (pop: 192,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) NW of South Jordan (pop: 66,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) NW of Sandy (pop: 87,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  -1.8°C (29 F), humidity: 55%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from SSW |
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