Of them, about 66,300 suffer only minor "bandage" type injuries. Another 20,500 suffer injuries that will require hospitalization, but the injuries are not considered life-threatening, such as broken bones. Another 3,200 have major injuries that will be life-threatening if not treated quickly.

Unfortunately, hospitals have taken a major hit. Of 38 hospitals in the Wasatch Front quake area, 15 have suffered at least moderate damage and four are considered damaged beyond repair — as was predicted by computer modeling in 2006 (but which had been questioned at the time as probably more severe than was truly likely).

About 240,000 buildings of all types are at least moderately damaged. That's 42 percent of the buildings in the quake area.

About 120,000 of them are considered damaged beyond repair, including 99,000 single-family homes; 14,000 other residential buildings, such as apartments; 4,500 commercial buildings; 160 government buildings; 79 churches; and 1,600 industrial buildings.

Significantly, as people start looking for help, about a quarter of all area police and fire stations have themselves suffered at least moderate damage and a handful are beyond repair. One emergency communications center in Salt Lake City has been knocked out of service.

About 152,000 people are now newly homeless, and it is a freezing winter day.

Of 2,270 highway bridges in the quake area, 469 have at least moderate damage — and 140 are considered beyond repair. Of 33 railway bridges, three have moderate damage. That, plus the winter storm, will slow the delivery of emergency help.

About 35 million tons of debris has been generated, as predicted by computer modeling in 2006. It will require 1.4 million truckloads to remove.

More than 286,000 homes are now without water service, and more than 240,000 are without electricity. Damage to gas and telephone lines is extensive. Most cell phone communications have been knocked out.

About 70 fires are burning, mostly ignited by broken natural gas pipes. The fires alone soon will displace about 4,700 people and burn about $208 million worth of structures, as Carey had predicted in 2006 with computer modeling.

Also, because the quake struck during the workday, many people are separated from their at-home first-aid and 72-hour emergency kits. Few followed state suggestions to have some such supplies in their cars or at work.

Even worse?

As bad as the damage is, it could have been even worse. For example, if the the earthquake had been a bit more powerful, it could have tilted the valley floor enough to make the Great Salt Lake or Utah Lake permanently flood many populated areas — including parts of downtown Salt Lake City.