A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.4866 West, latitude 42.6843 North, depth = 5.47 km. Id of earthquake: us70003h2a. Event ids that are associated: us70003h2a. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.47 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 16:38:59 / May 5, 2019 @ 4:38 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:38:59 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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