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Show Central Utah Area Feels Earth Tremor Two distinct "earth tremors I ere fcl. in M.. Pleasant at 5:U4 Liu Thursday, and am immediate immedi-ate check-up disclosed the sihoclkj hid be.-m noac.d in Fairview to toe north of here and Ephraim to itihe south towns 22 miles Observers at Naphi, 25 miles o the Northwest ire Juab county, ' also mentioned the phenomena, ,-ddoatir.g 'the occurrence may . have ibeen general throughout a - triangular area represented by N ip-X Paii-view and Ephraim. In M;. Pleasant dishes ' and ' ,,vkxkAS were rauded, light cords were set to swinging- and chimes ! and clocks were sounded- by the tremors, the latter tremor being irrore noticeable than the first. I No dam-age was reported. Knute Kolstrom reports that I a large ledge of rock had .been. shook loose by 'the qualte and 1 tumbled down into Sampit: J canyon, 'which he saw as ihe returned re-turned home. ' Preifessor Hyrum Schneider, io ! charge of the seismograph appar-, appar-, atius at ithe University of Utah, : said Thursday night the instru-ment instru-ment would be checked Friday ; morning -to determine Iwheiher foe shocks had.beei recorded in Salt Lake City. i The device, .which records seismic seis-mic phenomena oru sensitized paper pa-per by means otf a beam of light, - is Jocated in a dark roami on the University campus. The instrument instru-ment is checked every 24 hours. |