FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo. — A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted much of western Wyoming on Saturday, but no damage was reported.
John
Bellini, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden,
Colo., says the temblor occurred at 7:16 a.m. about 45 miles
underground. The nearest city is Fort Washakie, about 9 miles east of
the epicenter.
Bellini says "it was felt widely in western Wyoming, but this is too
deep of an earthquake to cause any damage. ... A lot of people might
have felt something but they wouldn't know what they felt because it
woke them up."
The area west of Yellowstone National Park experiences a handful of earthquakes a year.
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