A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 04:23:22 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000af06. Unique identifier: us2000af06. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -111.4449° West, 42.6691° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 11:23:22 / September 3, 2017 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pocatello, Preston. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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