Today at 9:24 am on January 04, 2010 there was a 4.1 magnitude earthquake 8 miles southeast of Cedar City. Other cities in southern Utah that felt the quake include Kanarraville.
Updated: A smaller 3.3 magnitude aftershock happened at 9:55 pm.
The Eccles Coliseum is a Utah Summer Games venue for: opening ceremonies, soccer and track & field. The stadium was renovated and renamed to its current name in 1995 after a donation from the Eccles foundation. The stadium includes an olympic legacy monument and cauldron. SUU football games are played here.
The Cafe Rio mexican restaurant was opened in the Providence Center on August 31, 2009. The first Cafe Rio was built in St. George in 1997. The tortillas are made from scratch. The owners of the franchise are Bob and Kathleen Nilsen. After you have purchased ten meals, they offer a free one.
The Centrum Arena is located on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. It is home to Thunderbird basketball, gymnastics and volleyball. There are 5,300 seats in the Centrum Arena. Graduation is held here. There are also six classrooms, five art studios, a photography darkroom, a television studio, radio station, psychology laboratories, computer labs, and several faculty offices. The Art, Communication, and Social Science departments are located here. SUTV, and Power 91 (SUU’s radio station) are also located in this building. Before the Centrum was built, basketball was played in the War Memorial Fieldhouse.
The current location of Cedar High School was built in the early 1960's. It used to be on Center Street. The mascot is Redmen and the drill team is Mohey Tawa.