A 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled a slew of communities across the Utah-Wyoming border region early Thursday morning.
The quake struck about 25 miles south of the city of Evanston in southwest Wyoming at around 7:50 a.m. local time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The earthquake was relatively shallow, measuring at just over 9 miles deep, which intensified the shaking felt across the area. Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones because the seismic waves travel a shorter distance to the surface, allowing them to maintain more of their energy, the USGS notes online.
Tremors were felt west of Salt Lake City, about 80 miles away, and north to Logan, Utah.
More than 2,400 people reported feeling weak to light shaking on the USGS's "Did You Feel It?" system, as of Thursday morning.
"My wife felt the house shake a little and we are in Kaysville, Utah, which is about 75 miles away," one person wrote on X. "Felt it in Park City," another shared.
Several Utah residents also reported household items rattling and animals reacting to the quake.
"Felt it in Layton! I was laying in bed when I felt some rumbling and can hear some of the things on my dresser and shelves rattling," one local commented on Facebook.
"We felt it in Hooper but we also have some horses and a pony on the loose out here so we knew it was either an earthquake or a cute little stampede," another penned.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage. Local emergency personnel in Evanston and Rich County, Utah, told Cache Valley Daily that they were still inspecting the surrounding infrastructure, but initial checks showed only minimal effects.
The recent tremor highlights ongoing earthquake risks across the western part of the country, where the Intermountain Seismic Belt, which stretches from Utah up to Montana, and California's extensive fault system contribute to frequent quakes.
Thursday's earthquake comes after a 4.9-magnitude quake shook Southern California near Indio on Jan. 19, with many aftershocks continuing into Tuesday morning. More than 8,000 people said they felt the tremors on the USGS's "Did You Feel It" program, describing shaking that ranged from weak to strong in intensity.
The agency also recorded a 4.3-magnitude earthquake in Northern California late Wednesday evening. It struck at approximately 11:30 p.m., roughly 60 miles west of Ferndale, at a depth of just over five feet. However, only a handful of people reported feeling the tremors.