A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:30:29 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -111.7043° West, 42.6869° North, depth 1.57 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/17 / 2017-02-06 00:30:29 / February 6, 2017 @ 12:30 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.57 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008hun. Id of event: us20008hun.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackfoot, Chubbuck, Preston (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Blackfoot (c. 11 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km WNW of Soda Springs, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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