A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.16 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -111.4589 West, latitude 42.5366 North, depth = 11.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aemp. Id of event: us2000aemp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 00:32:11 / September 3, 2017 @ 12:32 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:32:11 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 SE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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