A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 03:21:25 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.4686 West, latitude 42.5526 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 10:21:25 / April 28, 2018 @ 10:21 am. Unique identifier: us1000dtwp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dtwp.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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