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Earthquake rattles millions on edge amid coronavirus threat

by Associated Press
| March 19, 2020 12:03 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety of their homes. But on Wednesday morning, even that protection felt fragile as an earthquake strong enough to shut down the airport tore through the Salt Lake City area.

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