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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag has occurred near Challis in Idaho


Earthquake location 44.3323S, -115.1343WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 74 km WSW of Challis, Idaho (46 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us70008u37. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80402994, us70008u37. The temblor was reported at 11:07:58 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.1343 West, latitude 44.3323 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 18:07:58 / April 11, 2020 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 74 km WSW of Challis, Idaho.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.1343° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.3323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km WSW of Challis, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-11 18:07:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-11 22:06:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 158 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,mb,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.309 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70008u37 Id of event.
Event Code 70008u37 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80402994,us70008u37, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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