Updates on 3/18/20 Morning Salt Lake City, UT / Magna, UT Earthquake:
Summit County Sheriff 911 Calls: requesting earthquake related 911 calls only for personal injury or property damage requiring an immediate response. Non-emergency number (435)-615-3601
Utah Emergency Management - Earthquakes cannot be predicted: Earthquakes cannot be predicted, we are 95% certain that this [Earthquake centered in Magna Utah, 3/18/20 7:11 AM] was the main shock...It is very likely that you will feel after shocks today.
Summit County Emergency Operations Center Update (3/18/20 10:20 AM) - Click Here for Current Summit County Operations Center Updates:
Summit County Emergency Operations Center Assessing Earthquake Situation
10:20 AM - During Summit County's response to this morning's earthquake, the first priority for our Emergency Operations Center is to respond to citizen 911 calls. County Manager Tom Fisher reports the majority of calls that have come in this morning are reports that an earthquake was felt. Please only call 911 if you are in need of emergency assistance: personal injury or property damage requiring an immediate response of first responders. The non-emergency number is 435-615-3601.
The County's next priority is looking at critical infrastructure. The County has surveyed cities in Summit County through mayors or city managers. At this time it does not look like cities are suffering damage to critical infrastructure. Summit County is also assessing infrastructure and all looks good. Special Service Districts in the County are reporting the same.
9:20 AM - Summit County Manager Tom Fisher will be on air at 9:30 to take questions and address County response. Tune in to 91.7 in Park City area, 91.7 or 91.9 in South Summit and 88.1 in North Summit.
7:37 AM -The County Emergency Operations Center, which was already set up for the COVID-19 pandemic, is aware of the 5.7 earthquake that occurred this morning. Right now they are working to learn more about the situation and assess our next steps.
COVID-19 Hotline Down: A temporary COVID-19 Information Line is available at 1-844-442-5224. Please use this number if you have questions about COVID-19 until further notice
COVID-19 Text Updates for Summit County: Updates from @summitcountyhd by texting "COVID19SC" to 888777.
If you have symptoms, you can also call the IHC health line at 844-501-6600 or U of U health at 801-213-2874.
Resources:
Utah Emergency Managment Twitter Account: Click Here
Summit County Alert Center (All Summit County Alerts): Click Here
UDOT Emergency Alerts and Road Closures: Click Here
Earthquake Preparadness Information:
Be Ready Utah - Earthquakes: Click Here
Be Ready Utah Handbook on Preparing for Earthquakes (PDF Download): Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country: Your Handbook to Earthquakes in Utah
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