University Reports Small Earthquake in Idaho

University Reports Small Earthquake in Idaho


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The University of Utah reported a minor earthquake in southeastern Idaho today.

It was a magnitude of three-point-six and the epicenter was nine miles west-southwest of Georgetown, Idaho, and 14 miles northwest of Montpelier, Idaho. The earthquake occurred shortly before two-p.m.

There were two other earthquakes in the same area this summer, magnitude four-point-three on June 30 and magnitude four-point-oh on July 14.

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On the Net:

www.quake.utah.edu

www.earthquake.usgs.gov

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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