A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:02:02 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -111.4148° West, latitude 42.5665° North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/17 / 2017-09-05 10:02:02 / September 5, 2017 @ 10:02 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ag0q. Id of event: us2000ag0q.
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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