A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 64 km E of Cascade, Idaho (40 miles). Unique identifier: us70008kgr. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80388394, us70008kgr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 12:40:11 / April 1, 2020 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2389 West, latitude 44.4609 North, depth = 10 km. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:40:11 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and five, in the last 10 days two hundred and five, in the past 30 days two hundred and five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km E of Cascade, Idaho.
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