Utah watches and learns from Nevada quake

Randall Jeppesen reporting Utah's Division of Homeland Security is carefully watching how the situation in Wells is being handled so they can learn the best way to react if an earthquake hits a Utah town.

Right after the earthquake hit Nevada, Utah's Emergency Operation Center kicked into gear. Maj. Jeff Graviet says they made sure they could help if the call came.

Earthquake program manager Bob Carey, with Utah's Division of Homeland Security, says if an earthquake of this size or bigger would have directly hit Salt Lake, it would have been a big problem. "It would be a very significant event here. There would be loss of life. There would be lots of injuries," Carey said.

He says this points out the need to have an inventory done of public buildings, like schools, to see what can be done to make buildings safer.

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