(ETH) – The state of Utah continues to reel under seismic activity as the USGS is reporting that a 4.1 magnitude aftershock has shaken Utahns Tuesday night just before 9 p.m. According to Desert News, the shock occurred nine miles away from Salt Lake City and 2.8 miles northeast of Magna, at the epicenter of the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on March 18th.
“It was a good-sized shake. I think probably thousands of people felt it,” said Keith Koper, University of Utah Seismograph Stations director and geophysics professor, adding it’s not unusual for aftershocks to continue to occur after a moderate earthquake of the size that occurred in March.
Koper went on to state that there is still no substantially increased probability that a larger earthquake will occur, but that it was likely a couple of smaller aftershocks might follow. “It wouldn’t be surprising if tonight we have a couple of magnitude 2s or magnitude 3s,” he said. “Every time you have an earthquake you can almost think of it as starting another cascade of aftershocks.”