A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 03:32:08 / January 26, 2018 @ 3:32 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:32:08 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000cpkg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cpkg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -111.4823° West, 42.5654° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was North Logan, Chubbuck, Smithfield. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from North Logan (c. 8 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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