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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 17 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho

Posted by admin on October 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.9025S, -111.2262WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Freedom in Idaho on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.964 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rhhb. Event ids that are associated: us6000rhhb. Exact location of event, longitude -111.2262 West, latitude 42.9025 North, depth = 10.964 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 06:48:26 / October 16, 2025 @ 6:48 am. The temblor was reported at 06:48:26 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Jackson (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jackson. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -111.2262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.9025° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.964 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-16 06:48:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-16 10:12:04 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 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.655 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000rhhb Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhhb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhhb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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