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Weeks after big earthquake, Wasatch fault system comes into sharper focus, thanks to new study

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Emily Kleber, a hazard geologist for the Utah Geological Survey, talks about how a sand boil formed near Saltair in the March 18 magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rocked the Salt Lake Valley. Using Lidar imaging, Kleber and her colleagues have mapped 739 miles of faults that have ruptured the surface along Wasatch Front.