A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.57 km (5 miles). The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:41:29 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -111.4173333° West, latitude 42.5561667° North, depth = 8.57 km. Global time and date of event 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 01:41:29 / October 16, 2017 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: uu60253307. Unique identifier: uu60253307.
The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 18 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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