A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/17 / 2017-10-16 01:35:34 / October 16, 2017 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.11 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us1000asm5. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60253292, us1000asm5. Exact location, longitude -111.4072° West, latitude 42.5633° North, depth = 8.11 km. The temblor was reported at 18:35:34 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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