A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Tuesday. Event id: us2000aghl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aghl. The temblor was picked up at 19:38:44 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.33 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 3.33 km, -111.4644° West, 42.5643° North. Global time and date of event 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 02:38:44 / September 6, 2017 @ 2:38 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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