A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho (19 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:42:39 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/20 / 2020-09-08 20:42:39 / September 8, 2020 @ 8:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000bjzy. Event ids that are associated: us7000bjzy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.1495 West, latitude 44.4544 North, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 31 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho.
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