A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:17:19 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.23 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 15:17:19 / September 10, 2017 @ 3:17 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ajgx. Id of event: us2000ajgx. Exact location of event, longitude -111.4857 West, latitude 42.6002 North, depth = 7.23 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston. Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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