A 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes near Salt Lake City knocking out Utah's coronavirus hotlineThe quake was reported shortly after 7 a.m. civil time .
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, early Wednesday, knocking out the state's coronavirus hotline, consistent with the governor.
This was the state's largest earthquake since 1992, consistent with Utah Emergency Management.
Dr. Scott Williams, a Salt Lake City physician, told ABC News, just after 7 a.m. civil time , "my house just started shaking fairly violently. And my first thought was, 'has a truck gone off the road and is coming into my house?'"
"It lasted about 15, 20 seconds, shaking pretty hard," he said. "Then I felt swaying for about another 15 seconds."
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Williams added, "we're all alleged to be social distancing and now we all got to get together and check on one another ."
ESPN reporter Holly Rowe tweeted that she was "shaken out of sound sleep" by the quake.
"We are all safe," Rowe tweeted. "Please Pray for no further aftershocks. Please pray for all folks ."
Kierra Dotson, digital news manager at ABC Salt Lake affiliate KTVX, tweeted that she was at the airport when the quake hit.
Dotson noted that she didn't see any injuries or damage but that she was feeling aftershocks.
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Abby Huntsman, former co-host of ABC's "The View," told ABC News, "I didn’t expect to be woken up by a 5.7 earthquake. All I could think to try to to therein moment was to run and grab my sleeping kids. Now we are experiencing several aftershocks."
"These things are unforgettable, and remind us that while coronavirus is an instantaneous concern, earthquakes and other natural disasters are often quite dangerous and need families and communities to be prepared,"
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