Updated March 10, 2021



USGS Event Page for the Mainshock
Moment Tensor information:
- General UUSS Moment Tensor webpage
- Web version of the Moment Tensor Catalog
- Downloadable Moment Tensor Catalog (Excel file)

More Information:
- UUSS Magna Sequence FAQ
- Earthquakes.utah.gov
- UNAVCO Page for Magna Event
- Dr. Kris Pankow’s outreach talk “Earthquakes Don’t Stop for Pandemics” presented to the Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness (ICDP) on August 26. 2020.
Scientific papers related to the 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, Utah Earthquake
- Holt, J., K. M. Whidden, K. D. Koper, K. L. Pankow, K. Mayeda, J. C. Pechmann, B. Edwards, R. Gok, and W.R. Walter (2021). Towards robust and routine determination of Mw for small earthquakes: Application to the 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, Utah, seismic sequence, Seism. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200320
- Baker, B., M. Holt, K. L. Pankow, K. D. Koper, and J. Farrell (2021). Monitoring the 2020 Magna, Utah earthquake sequence with Nodal seismometers and machine learning, Seism. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200316.
- Pankow, K. L., J. Rusho, J. C. Pechmann, J. M. Hale, K. Whidden, R. Sumsion, J. Holt, M. Mesimeri, D. Wells, and K. D. Koper (2021). Responding to the Magna, Utah, earthquake sequence during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, Seism. Res. Lett., 92, 6-16, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200265
- Mesimeri, M., H. Zhang, and K. L. Pankow (2020). Backprojection imaging of the 2020 Mw 5.5 Magna, Utah, earthquake using a local dense strong-motion network, Seism. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200326.
- Pang, G., K. D. Koper, M. Mesimeri, K.L. Pankow, B. Baker, J. Farrell, J. Holt, P. Roberson, R. Burlacu, J. C. Pechmann, K. Whidden, M. M. Holt, A. Allam, and C. DuRoss (2020). Evidence for a listric Wasatch Fault from the 2020 Magna, Utah, earthquake sequence, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL089798. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089798.
- Wong, I., Q. Wu, and J. C. Pechmann (2021). The 18 March 2020 M 5.7 Magna, Utah, Earthquake: Strong-Motion Data and Implications for Seismic Hazard in the Salt Lake Valley, Seismol. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200323.
- Kleber, E. J., A. P. McKean, A. I. Hiscock, M. D. Hylland, C. L. Hardwick, G. N. McDonald, Z. W. Anderson, S. D. Bowman, G. C. Willis, and B. A. Erickson (2020). Geologic Setting, Ground Effects, and Proposed Structural Model for the 18 March 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, Utah, Earthquake, Seismol. Res. Lett. XX, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200331.
- Pollitz, F. F., C. W. Wicks, and J. L. Svarc (2021). Coseismic Fault Slip and Afterslip Associated with the 18 March 2020 M 5.7 Magna, Utah, Earthquake, Seismol. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200312.