A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Event id: us2000ajre. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ajre. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 22:56:26 / September 10, 2017 @ 10:56 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:56:26 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -111.4583° West, 42.5935° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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