A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. Global time and date of event 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 23:01:05 / October 16, 2017 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.38 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -111.4091° West, 42.5508° North, depth 8.38 km. Id of earthquake: us1000at4t. Event ids that are associated: us1000at4t. The temblor was reported at 16:01:05 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, 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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 19 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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