A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 18:24:25 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -111.4221° West, latitude 42.5474° North, depth = 9.92 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aq0r. Id of event: us1000aq0r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.92 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 01:24:25 / October 11, 2017 @ 1:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pocatello, Smithfield, Preston.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. 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: 19 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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