A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.86 km (4 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:22:21 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -111.4268 West, latitude 42.5293 North, depth = 6.86 km. Event id: us2000ak35. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ak35. Global time and date of event 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 14:22:21 / September 11, 2017 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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