Posted on 01/03/2015 6:12:38 PM PST by cheesemaster
The earthquake, confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey, comes roughly two weeks after a 3.7-magnitude quake in the same area. Saturday's quake was recorded at 10:44 a.m. about four miles east of Challis.
It was felt at least as far away as the Treasure Valley, about 120 miles directly southwest, and in western Montana according to reports on social media and in emails to the Statesman. Penny Shinderling, an employee at Lamb's Foodtown in Challis, told the Statesman that a couple of things fell off shelves in the store but otherwise the quake "just gave us a good shake." "There is no damage or injury here in Challis. My pharmacy had a few things knocked onto the floor," Troy Westerberg wrote in an email to the Statesman.
"The shaking was severe. It is definitely the talk of the town." Linda Lumpkin, a dispatcher for the Custer County Sheriff's Office, told the Associated Press that the sheriff's office has not received reports of injuries or damage. She said the quake did cause rock slides that blocked some lanes on several roads, so sheriff's deputies went out to direct traffic as transportation crews started cleanup.
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4.9? That’s a little one.
When we moved from Boise to southern CA years ago all our Idaho friends were worried about us moving to earthquake country. A few days after we got settled here the Mt. Borah 6.9 quake hit Idaho. Of course we arrived in CA just a few years before the big Northridge quake. Guess you can’t win when it comes to plate tectonics.
We felt it here. But of course, we were less than a mile from it.
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