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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A minor earthquake of three-point-seven magnitude shook central Utah this afternoon.
Seismologist Relu Burlacu at the University of Utah Seismograph Stations says the epicenter of the shock was one mile north-northwest of Richfield and was felt locally. It occurred at 2:46 p-m.
Sevier County sheriff's office dispatch supervisor Alicia Gleave says there were no immediate reports of damage.
Burlacu says an aftershock of magnitude two-point-five occurred two minutes later.
The Richfield area and nearby parts of the Sevier Valley have experienced eight quakes of magnitude five or greater in historical times, including damaging earthquakes in 1901 and 1921.
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