A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. Unique identifier: us2000aelm. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aelm. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 00:39:48 / September 3, 2017 @ 12:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.59 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:39:48 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -111.4734° West, 42.6278° North, depth 8.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chubbuck, Pocatello, Preston (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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