Show UTAH WYOMING UTAH WASATCH Iz FAULT w QUAKE MAY MAYI I I qUAKE QI BELIEVED HAVE OCCURRED I TO HAVE AVE HERE OCCURRED I ALONG THESE FAULT FAL LINES j 01 I i CEDAR O 0 CITY j GEORGE OST-GEORGE I Map ap shows mows position of fault lines in Utah along which Mondays Monday's 1 earth tremors may have oc occurred in the thc opinion of ot oth the gel geologists I SCIENTISTS SCIENTIST'S FORECAST FULFILLED BY QUAKE Dr Di B Bailey iley Willis Told of Temblor Probability at Convention Nine Months Ago The series of ot earth sh shocks that rocked Salt Lake Monday recalled a warning sounded here last June by Dr Bailey Willis professor emeritus of ot geology at t Stanford university in an address at the session of or the Pacific section American for the advancement of Science Dr Willis is a world famous author author- ity on earthquakes He predicted the disastrous Santa Barbara shock of 1925 You live directly in an earthquake zone zorie he told Salt Lakers hearing his address The Wasatch fault skirting the Wasatch mountains is a young active fault In the past it has caused many quakes and it will cause more Whether the next quake will come immediately or in inO 10 or 15 years nobody no no- nobody bod body knows When it U does docs come Salt Lake should b be prepared There should be no disaster because you should have taken the precautions to prevent it Dr Willis then urged enactment of ofa a strict building code Simple precautions precautions pre pre precautions cautions he said will make buildings safe A general rule is that construction construe construe- tion should be rigid and light he pointed out Dr Willis also urged measures to guarantee a water supply which would not be shut off au by a movement movement movement move move- ment of the Wasatch fault He pointed point point- ed out that every large water main mam coming into the city crosses the thc fault In May 1933 F. F F F. F Hintze assoc assoc- ate professor of ot geology at the University Uni Un- of Utah urged forming of ot a society to study Utah earthquakes to determine what may maybe maybe maybe be expected in iii earth tremors and whether the building code should be changed |