A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 01:41:29 / October 16, 2017 @ 1:41 am. Id of earthquake: us1000asma. Event ids that are associated: uu60253307, us1000asma. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:41:29 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -111.4122° West, latitude 42.5624° North, depth = 9.33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.33 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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