SALT LAKE CITY-Per information released Monday, the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that ratted the Wasatch Front in March and the numerous subsequent aftershocks have caused millions of dollars in damages.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert outlined the damages in an 18-page letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency which will subsequently be sent to United States President Donald Trump.
Therein, Herbert reports up to $62 million in structural damages occurred and estimates public infrastructure damages to be in the $70 million area.
Most of the $70 million is covered by insurance but a little more than $18.1 million remains uninsured, per the letter.
Utah is reportedly seeking to cover the $18.1 million through the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
This program allows states affected by natural disasters to recoup some costs via federal money.
The total net cost of economic loss is estimated to be $629 million per FEMA’s Hazus model.
This caused more than 100 residents to be displaced because of earthquake damage.
In Magna, the earthquakes caused more than 8,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid to leak from a damage Kennecott Utah copper mining tank.
Responses occurred from the Unified Fire Authority and Utah National Guard. This prevented the chemical from affecting residents but things ended up dissipated over the Great Salt Lake.
172 buildings received major damages and more than 600 buildings were affected by the earthquakes.
The Granite School District suffered losses of over $51 million as a result of building damage. Suffering the brunt of it was West Lake Junior High School of West Valley City. The state confirms the building suffered $45 million in damages.
District officials said students will be sent to a Taylorsville building for at least the next two years while this happens.
Cyprus High School of Magna also suffered more than $3 million in damages from the earthquakes.








