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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Idaho City in Idaho


Earthquake location 44.2064S, -115.1242WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 70 km NE of Idaho City, Idaho (43 miles) on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008qk0. Unique identifier: us70008qk0. Exact location of earthquake, -115.1242° West, 44.2064° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:14:53 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 12:14:53 / April 7, 2020 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 70 km NE of Idaho City, Idaho. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.1242° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.2064° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km NE of Idaho City, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-07 12:14:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-07 12:44:27 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us70008qk0 Id of event.
Event Code 70008qk0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008qk0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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