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LIVING ON HAZARDOUS PROPERTY IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS

LIVING ON HAZARDOUS PROPERTY IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS. By Hannah Perez. HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKES IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT. 4/17/2003 magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred 74.4 miles away from city center 3/7/2000 magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred 18.9 miles away from city center

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LIVING ON HAZARDOUS PROPERTY IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS

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  1. LIVING ON HAZARDOUS PROPERTY IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS By Hannah Perez

  2. HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKES IN COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT • 4/17/2003 magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred 74.4 miles away from city center • 3/7/2000 magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred 18.9 miles away from city center • 6/30/1999 magnitue 3.7 earthquake occurred 8.8 miles away from Cottonwood center • 3/16/1992 magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred 18.9 miles away from Cottonwood Center

  3. Directly behind my house in Cottonwood Heights

  4. One stronger earthquake would slide this house right down the side of the hill

  5. Vacated buildings looks like some type of disaster happened to the propertyBuilding right along 1300 E

  6. Vacated house right along 1300 E across from Union Height theater.

  7. According to the text book • “since it is clearly impossible to avoid all human habitation in earthquake-prone areas, certain steps must be take…to adjust to the earthquake hazard.” • “Close to 150 million people in 39 US states live in seismically active areas.”

  8. What can I do? • If you live in a seismically active area, a home safety check could increase the probability that you and your property survive a large earthquake. • Most importantly plan exactly what you and your family should do in the event of an earthquake. • And if you live in any of the houses I posted MOVE!!!

  9. WORKS SITED • http://www.city-data.com/city/Cottonwood-Utah.html • Keller, Edward A. Natural Hazards. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2012.

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