A light earthquake magnitude 4.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The 4.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:35:30 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 07:35:30 / September 6, 2017 @ 7:35 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60236382. Id of event: uu60236382. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.74 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5.74 km, -111.4523333° West, 42.6071667° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Smithfield, Chubbuck, Pocatello. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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