A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.91 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -111.431° West, 42.5394° North, depth 6.91 km. The temblor was reported at 06:38:34 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000ak1r. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60242912, us2000ak1r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 13:38:34 / September 11, 2017 @ 1:38 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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