A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -111.4268° West, latitude 42.5716° North, depth = 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 11:48:35 / September 9, 2017 @ 11:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ait9. Id of event: us2000ait9. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:35 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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