Research in the wake of last year's magnitude 5.7 Magna earthquake and aftershocks reveals the Wasatch fault is curved, making it closer to the surface — and more dangerous — than previously ...

About 240 miles long, Utah's Wasatch Fault stretches along the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains from southern Idaho to central Utah, running through Salt Lake City and the state's other ...

Using rock samples collected from the Wasatch Fault, geoscientists combined experiments and analysis with examinations of fault rock textures. The team's research revealed significant clues about ...

An inconvenient geological truth is staring at the Intermountain West. One of its most densely populated metropolitan area happens to also be its most seismically unstable, raising the possibility ...

After digging another trench through the Wasatch Fault, geologists have found more violent earthquake activity.

What's the science behind the possibility of an earthquake in Utah? If a magnitude 7.0 earthquake really hit the Salt Lake Valley Tuesday morning, what would we experience?

Fault lines along the Wasatch Front are much bigger than initially thought, according to a new study released by the Utah Department of Natural Resources. KUTV. Utah DNR released new maps along ...

There are reminders everywhere — the devastation in Mexico City, the drills in schools, the dramatic Wasatch Mountains and the many scarps in the foothills. Northern Utah is due for a big ...

Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that jolted Utahns out of bed in the Salt Lake Valley and, since then, scientists have learned new information about the ...

Two fault zones bounding Utah's Salt Lake City, one of which is the Wasatch Fault, may combine to produce especially powerful earthquakes.