A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 17:41:40 / September 3, 2017 @ 5:41 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.08 km (4 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:41:40 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000af79. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000af79. Exact location, longitude -111.4444° West, latitude 42.6417° North, depth = 7.08 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Blackfoot, Smithfield, Chubbuck. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Pocatello (c. 54 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chubbuck (c. 13 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Blackfoot (c. 11 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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