A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Challis in Idaho on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 17:27:43 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.4 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.5955 West, latitude 44.2727 North, depth = 4.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 00:27:43 / April 1, 2020 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak020485mtmv. Unique identifier: ak020485mtmv.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hailey (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Hailey (c. 8 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 38 km SW of Challis, Idaho.
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