A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.34 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:22:41 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.4416 West, latitude 42.5753 North, depth = 5.34 km. Global time and date of event 15/09/17 / 2017-09-15 08:22:41 / September 15, 2017 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000an5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000an5j.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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