A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Montpelier in Idaho on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -111.1723° West, 42.5182° North, depth 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:55 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/19 / 2019-09-13 17:34:55 / September 13, 2019 @ 5:34 pm. Unique identifier: us70005fzb. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005fzb.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 24 km NNE of Montpelier, Idaho.
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