Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Bancroft in Idaho

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bancroft in Idaho. Event id: us6000nqfy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu80081876, mb90060943, us6000nqfy. The temblor was detected at 09:26:29 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.146 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -111.8242° West, 42.7378° North, depth 13.146 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 09:26:29 / September 8, 2024 @ 9:26 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston, Blackfoot, Chubbuck (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Blackfoot (c. 11 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 5 km ENE of Bancroft, Idaho.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-111.8242° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.7378° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.146 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km ENE of Bancroft, Idaho	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-08 09:26:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-28 07:06:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	148	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	,uu,mb,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	90	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.357	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	us6000nqfy	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nqfy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uu80081876,mb90060943,us6000nqfy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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