A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 02:24:04 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.5029 West, latitude 42.6461 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 09:24:04 / September 3, 2017 @ 9:24 am. Event id: us2000aeyw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aeyw.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (43 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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