A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 61 km E of Cascade, Idaho (38 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:52:42 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 05:52:42 / April 17, 2020 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70008y7u. Event ids that are associated: us70008y7u. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -115.2683° West, 44.5601° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 61 km E of Cascade, Idaho.
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