3.4 magnitude aftershock shakes Salt Lake County days after large earthquake

by McKenzie Stauffer

Sat, March 21st 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

Police officers walk pass rubble after an earthquake Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Salt Lake City. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken the city and many of its suburbs. The quake sent panicked residents running to the streets, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and closed the city's airport and its light rail system.{ } (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Police officers walk pass rubble after an earthquake Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Salt Lake City. A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken the city and many of its suburbs. The quake sent panicked residents running to the streets, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and closed the city's airport and its light rail system. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

(KUTV) — Hundreds of aftershocks has rattled the Wasatch Front area after a 5.7 earthquake struck near Magna, Utah on Wednesday.

Several of them have been felt, including a 3.4 magnitude aftershock on Saturday morning.

According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the aftershock struck at approximately 10:59 a.m. Most of the aftershocks in the last 24 hours have been under 3.0.

So far, there have been at least 267 aftershocks, according to the USGS.

As of Friday afternoon, there had been 212 aftershocks, UUSS reported. Twenty-six of those were magnitude 3 or higher.

Hours later, 4.5 earthquake struck near Reno, Nevada.

As of 1:10 p.m. Thursday, there were 160 reported aftershocks in the Salt Lake Valley.

See a gallery of photos from the earthquake here.

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