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USGS us2000aekg

3 Sept 2017, 00:56

12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 9.5 km depth.

Depth9.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho?

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42.647400, -111.449200

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 5.3

29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho

M 5

20 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming

M 5

9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

M 6.1

30 km SSW of Big Sky, Montana

M 6.13

12 km N of Winston, Montana

M 6.3

22 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000aekg
Coordinates
42.6474, -111.4492
Network
us
Significance
872