A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -111.4699° West, 42.6604° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was reported at 15:37:12 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000afar. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000afar. Global time and date of event 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 22:37:12 / September 3, 2017 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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