A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 3.91 km, -111.4626° West, 42.6154° North. Event id: us2000apre. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000apre. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.91 km (2 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:49:09 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/09/17 / 2017-09-18 04:49:09 / September 18, 2017 @ 4:49 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pocatello, Preston. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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