Local Athletes React To News Of Utah’s 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake
Mar 18, 2020, 9:35 AM | Updated: 10:24 am
Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz embraces Joe Ingles #2 after a 107-91 win over the Houston Rockets in Game Four during the first round of the 2019 NBA Western Conference Playoffs at Vivint Smart Home Arena on April 22, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
(Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Players on teams from around the state of Utah posted their reactions to Utah’s 5.7-magnitude earthquake on social media.
Utahns including professional and collegiate athletes felt the early morning quake that occurred near Salt Lake City just after 7 a.m. (MDT) on Wednesday, March 18.
Players from the Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake, and the Utah Utes football team shared their initial reactions to the earthquake on social media minutes after the tremors.
Utah Jazz
Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell tweeted about the earthquake writing, “Earthquake in Utah???!?! Y’all please stay safe out there.”
Earthquake in Utah???!?! Y’all please stay safe out there 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😱😱😱
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 18, 2020
Jazzman Joe Ingles asked, “Yooo did anyone else feel that?” Ingles also said that his “whole house shook like crazy” during his first experience with an earthquake.
Yooo did anyone else feel that????
— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) March 18, 2020
Our whole house shook like crazy! Wow! First time for me!
— Joe Ingles (@Joeingles7) March 18, 2020
Utah’s leading scorer from the second unit, Jordan Clarkson, tweeted, “earthquake was crazyyyyy!”
earthquake was crazyyyyy!
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) March 18, 2020
5.7
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) March 18, 2020
Jazz starting forward Royce O’Neale posted, “Yooo was that an earthquake?” as well as “Dawggg that was so crazy, the whole house was shaking and woke me up outta my sleep!!” and “these aftershocks gotta chill man.”
Yooo was that an earthquake?
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) March 18, 2020
Dawggg that was so crazy, the whole house was shaking and woke me up outta my sleep!!
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) March 18, 2020
5.7!
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) March 18, 2020
These aftershocks gotta chill man
— Royce O'Neale (@BucketsONeale00) March 18, 2020
Utah’s backup center Tony Bradley tweeted, “That earthquake just now shook me outta sleep!”
That Earthquake just now shook me outta sleep!
— Tony Bradley Jr. 🏂 (@ToBrad1) March 18, 2020
Real Salt Lake
Former RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando asked if everyone was okay and wrote, “That was wild, 5.7 earthquake in SLC. Be safe.”
Everyone okay?
— Nick Rimando (@NickRimando) March 18, 2020
That was wild, 5.7 earthquake in SLC. Be safe.
— Nick Rimando (@NickRimando) March 18, 2020
Real Salt Lake forward Justin Meram posted, “First experience in my life and I was terrified.”
🤯 First experience in my life and I was terrified….. what’s going on 🌎?! pic.twitter.com/H1K7fxGD0C
— Justin Meram (@JustinMeram) March 18, 2020
RSL’s official Twitter account tweeted, “Hope everyone is ok after this morning’s earthquake.”
Hope everyone is ok after this morning’s earthquake. #RSLfamily pic.twitter.com/vrYAHnhFtj
— Real Salt Lake (@realsaltlake) March 18, 2020
Utah Utes
Utah wide receiver Britain Covey posed the question, “Did Coach Whitt just flex his calves?” after feeling the earthquake.
Did Coach Whitt just flex his calves?
— Britain Covey (@brit_covey2) March 18, 2020
