A light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho. The 4.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:53:10 / 7:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.29 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: uu60013039. Event ids that are associated: uu60013039. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 02:53:10 / September 14, 2017 @ 2:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -111.3973333 West, latitude 42.5478333 North, depth = 7.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Smithfield (c. 9 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Smithfield, Preston.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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