Rare Earthquake Hits Wyoming

Aug. 21, 2003

DENVER, (UPI) -- An "uncommon" earthquake has shaken Wyoming, the World Data Center for Seismology reported Thursday.

The event began just before 2 a.m. local time, and registered 4.4 on the open-ended Richter scale, the Denver-based center said in a news release.

The epicenter was 30 miles southeast of Yellowstone Park in Montana, home of the Old Faithful geyser.

Large, damaging earthquakes in the region are uncommon but significant historical earthquakes have caused damage. The largest earthquake in the southern and middle Rocky Mountains occurred on Nov. 8, 1882, the center said.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

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