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Minor earthquake 2.98 mag, 12 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho


Earthquake location 44.2766667S, -115.0745WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 12 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho (7 miles). The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:24:16 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: mb80430299. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80430299. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/20 / 2020-06-02 17:24:16 / June 2, 2020 @ 5:24 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.57 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.0745° West, 44.2766667° North, depth 6.57 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 12 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.0745° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.2766667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-02 17:24:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-02 17:40:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 137 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network mb The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,mb, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 mb80430299 Id of event.
Event Code 80430299 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80430299, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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