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Minor earthquake: M3.05 quake has struck near Challis in Idaho


Earthquake location 44.4438333S, -114.5713333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 27 km WSW of Challis, Idaho (17 miles) on Monday. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:35:04 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.5713333 West, latitude 44.4438333 North, depth = 6.53 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.53 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: mb80295094. Event ids that are associated: mb80295094. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/18 / 2018-05-29 02:35:04 / May 29, 2018 @ 2:35 am UTC/GMT.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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. 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: 27 km WSW of Challis, Idaho.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.5713333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.4438333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km WSW of Challis, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-29 02:35:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-29 14:05:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 143 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 mb80295094 Id of event.
Event Code 80295094 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80295094, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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