A 3,000-meter-high geological stack

The ground in the Zion and Kolob region consists of nine superimposed geological formations, which represent 150 million years of sedimentation. This massive stack rises today to nearly 3,000 meters in altitude thanks to tectonic movements. This continuous uplift sometimes causes earthquakes, like the 1992 earthquake which reached a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale.