Mild Earthquakes Hit Northwest Wyoming
The Associated Press
Published: Jan 7, 2004
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A series of mild earthquakes shook northwest Wyoming near Grand Teton National Park early Wednesday. There were no reports of damage.
The strongest quake, at 12:51 a.m., registered a magnitude of 4.7 and was centered about 19 miles east-northeast of Jackson, said John Minsch, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo.
It was followed by quakes of 3.7, 4.1 and 4.0, and a number of smaller temblors below 3.0. The last in the series was reported at 2:23 a.m.
"It woke a lot of people up from their sleep," said Kimberly Mullikin of the Teton County Sheriff's Department. "There's no damage that I have heard of from anybody."
Earthquakes are common in Yellowstone National Park, just north of the epicenter, but it was not clear whether Wednesday's quakes were related to the seismic activity there, Minsch said.
The quakes were not felt at Yellowstone headquarters, about 90 miles to the north, a dispatcher said.
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