A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 01:04:58 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 08:04:58 / September 9, 2017 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.64 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000aiq2. Unique identifier: us2000aiq2. Exact location of event, longitude -111.4312 West, latitude 42.5636 North, depth = 6.64 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (39 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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