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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A new report says the Sevier fault in southwestern Utah has become a more active site for seismic activity over the past few thousand years.
Scientists with the Utah Geological Survey say that the two sides of the fault have been slipping relative to each other at a faster rate in recent history. They say that suggests more frequent large-scale earthquakes during that period.
The report says the most active part of the fault is on its north end, near Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park.
The fault runs about 155 miles through southwestern Utah and northern Arizona.
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