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A year after Magna earthquake, here’s what Utahns are doing — or should be — to prepare for the big one

Unreinforced masonry poses the greatest threat, but renovations can be costly and the waitlist for Fix the Bricks aid is long.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homeowner Ken Magleby, center, watches as Hills Construction foreman Adam Beazer, left, and worker Ron Cherrier, right, drill helical stainless steel rods into brick walls, reinforce roof rafters with wood blocks and nail framing angles and steel coil into the roof of his 1951 home during seismic reinforcement to his home, Mar. 11, 2021. Hills Construction specializes in seismic retrofits and workers are busy reinforcing homes, a year after the Wasatch Front's strongest earthquake on record shook unreinforced masonry structures.