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Minor earthquake 2.96 mag, 36 km NW of Stanley, Idaho


Earthquake location 44.4778333S, -115.2098333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 km NW of Stanley, Idaho (22 miles). Id of earthquake: mb80466169. Event ids that are associated: mb80466169. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2098333 West, latitude 44.4778333 North, depth = 9.25 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:40:04 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/09/20 / 2020-09-29 05:40:04 / September 29, 2020 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.25 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 36 km NW of Stanley, Idaho.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2098333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.4778333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km NW of Stanley, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-29 05:40:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-29 15:17:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 135 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.83 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 mb80466169 Id of event.
Event Code 80466169 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80466169, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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