Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Smiths Ferry in Idaho

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Smiths Ferry in Idaho on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 12:10:03 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.21 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: mb90068833. Event ids that are associated: mb90068833. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 12:10:03 / December 15, 2024 @ 12:10 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1155 West, latitude 44.352666666667 North, depth = 7.21 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Eagle (c. 19 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ontario (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Payette (c. 7 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Emmett (c. 6 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Weiser (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ontario, Eagle, Payette (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.1155° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.352666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.21 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-15 12:10:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-17 00:17:21	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	136	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3405	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	114	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	mb90068833	Id of event.
Event Code	90068833	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb90068833,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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