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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The University of Utah Seismograph Station has reported recording a small earthquake in central Utah at 4:01 a.m. MDT Sunday.
The magnitude of the quake was 3.6 and is considered minor, Dr. Walter Arabasz of the center said.
The epicenter of the shock was located about 3 miles northeast of Strawberry Reservoir, in a remote area beneath the eastern side of the Wasatch Range, approximately 56 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.
No one reported feeling the quake, Arabasz said.
About 700 earthquakes, including aftershocks occur in the Utah region each year, according to the seismograph station's web site. Only about 2 percent of those are felt.
On average, about 13 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or larger occur annually. Earthquakes can occur anywhere in the state of Utah, the web site states.
Dispatchers for Duschesne and Wasatch counties, both of whom receive 911 emergency calls from the reservoir area said they took no calls with reports of the quake. And at the reservoir's marina, proprietor Rebecca Phillips said she was unaware of the temblor.
"We were all asleep at 4 a.m.," she said.
Arabasz said anyone who felt the quake is encouraged to fill out an interactive form on the University of Utah seismograph stations website: www.quake.utah.edu.
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