A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Georgetown in Idaho. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.87 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: uu80112711. Ids that are associated to the event: uu80112711. The temblor was reported at 21:49:50 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -111.2445° West, 42.517666666667° North, depth 1.87 km. Global time and date of event 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 21:49:50 / July 28, 2025 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Preston. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days 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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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: 11 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho.
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