Salt Lake City earthquake

Earthquakes are complex natural phenomena that are nearly impossible to study up close, as most of the action occurs deep in the ground. Geoscientists at Utah State University are exploring a technique used to measure the thermal energy of ancient earthquakes, and how it can be used to study present-day earthquakes.

Residents throughout Utah were shaken out of their sleep by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Magna earlier this week. Feeling the shake in Cache Valley…