A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Montpelier in Idaho on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 15:09:16 / October 8, 2017 @ 3:09 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -111.4138336° West, 42.4033318° North, depth 2 km. Id of earthquake: uu60251727. Event ids that are associated: uu60251727. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:09:16 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was North Logan, Smithfield, Preston. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from North Logan (c. 8 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km NW of Montpelier, Idaho.
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