A massive M6.5 earthquake rattled Idaho on March 31, 2020, at around 5:52 p.m. with shaking felt across the region, including Washington state, Utah, Nevada and Canada.
Tuesday’s quake was the strongest in the state since the 1983 M6.9 Borah Peak earthquake, that reportedly killed two people.
A large earthquake hit Idaho this afternoon. The USGS says the M 6.5 quake is the largest to hit the state in 37 years. The epicenter was ~80 miles northeast of Bosie and about 6 miles deep. Reports of people feeling it came in from eastern OR & WA to MT. pic.twitter.com/9OJBUTd7yH
— Melissa Frey (@MelissaDFrey) April 1, 2020
The magnitude 6.5 Idaho earthquake was located in very rugged, remote part of south-central Idaho, so the worst of the shaking took place away from all but small population centers.
Meanwhile more than 28,000 people have reported feeling the earthquake on the USGS Homepage.
EARTHQUAKE
— Tom Michael (@Tom2Michael) April 1, 2020
Here’s the mayor of Stanley, Idaho, reacting to the state’s largest earthquake in 37 years.
Thanks to @KBSX915 for the fast coverage. #publicmedia pic.twitter.com/ZOErabcu1c
The epicenter of Tuesday’s earthquake was located approximately 78 miles (126 km) northeast of Boise and struck at 5:52 p.m. local time.
Breaking: Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes Western Idaho. The earthquake was felt in Boise. pic.twitter.com/Uy2MQGILys
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) April 1, 2020
More than 15 aftershocks hit approximately the same area.
The present earthquake struck near the edge of the Rocky Mountain seismic zone, an area of relatively restless crust and frequent, mainly minor earthquakes reaching southward from Idaho and western Montana south to Utah.
Boise, yes you did feel an #earthquake. City officials are checking all our facilities and public safety officers are conducting structural checks downtown and in our neighborhoods. https://t.co/PtbB0xlPDe
— Mayor McLean (@boisemayor) April 1, 2020
The Boise Police Department said there are no reports of damage yet.
Yep we felt it too. No reports of damage at this time. Stay safe out there Boise. Call us if you need us.
— Boise PD (@BoisePD) April 1, 2020
There are reports of shaking felt in Emigrant, Montana, which is approximately 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park.
“Did You Feel It” reports showed felt responses reach at least to the Canadian border — more than 300 miles to the north.
Earthquake near Boise, Idaho. Watching now for the four horsemen… pic.twitter.com/qavCnyBGLl
— Elaine Ambrose (@AmbroseElaine) March 31, 2020
People took to social media to share videos and comments about the quake. One Twitter user tweeted a video of a chandelier swaying saying the earthquake was felt more than 500 miles away in Kelowna, British Colombia, Canada.
Felt the earthquake from Idaho in Kelowna, BC! #earthquake pic.twitter.com/PukmQVi60A
— Kelly (@kellyrmcintosh) April 1, 2020
A hospital about 65 miles south of the epicenter shook, but the shaking didn’t interfere with the treatment of patients.
The recent Utah and Idaho earthquakes will not affect Yellowstone. These are normal basin and range events. There’s only 5-15% liquid in the mostly crystalline magma storage region. It can’t be “triggered” nor is it “overdue” in any way. Short video here:https://t.co/LJVllp4BTe
— Global Volcanism Program (@SmithsonianGVP) April 1, 2020
The hospital, St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, in Blaine County is in a region with the highest per-capita rates of known SARS-CoV2 cases in the nation outside of New York City and surrounding counties.
Pool in Northern Utah still sloshing 3 minutes after 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Idaho.
— Jim Spiewak (@JimSpiewak) April 1, 2020
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Earthquakes above magnitude 6.0, and at depths of approximately 10 miles or less, can certainly cause major destruction and loss of life if they strike beneath cities or other high population areas. The susceptibility of the ground to shaking is a factor, too, as this can vary widely for a given magnitude earthquake.
Idaho has experienced two large earthquakes in historical times: the 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake and the M6.9 1983 Borah Peak earthquake.
Here an article about the 6 most dangerous earthquake faults in the U.S. More earthquake news on Strange Sounds and Steve Quayle. [AccuWeather]
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
California IS SHAKING BIG 5.0 IN ANZA CA AND FOLLOWED MANY AFTER SHOCKS. MY PREDICTIONS FOR THE APRIL-TO MAY 5 WILL BE COMING SOON.
Thanks a lot Strange Sounds look at April 4 2020 and yet we have seen our military personnel are ducked in Japan, Guam and USA and many other ports so basically if China attack USA then we all are in a mess. 3 of Submarines also are off the hook due to COVID-19. My new predictions will come soon as we get closer to April Full Moon as well. We already have seen a lot last months through the April 4th. 200K in USA infected over 5000 death. China closed again in Martial Law and phase 2 of Corona virus is in progress and Chinese said phase of Corona is stronger and last 51 days. So Pampeo said to all Americans come back home now is this world war 3 scenario?
A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there amid the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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The locomotive crashed through a series of barriers and fences before coming to rest more than 250 yards from the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a release.
Nobody was hurt.
Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one count of train wrecking, prosecutors said. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.
Moreno admitted in two separate interviews with law enforcement that he intentionally derailed and crashed the train near the Mercy, according to the criminal complaint.
“You only get this chance once. The whole world is watching. I had to,” Moreno told police, according to prosecutors. “People don’t know what’s going on here. Now they will.”
Moreno said he was suspicious of the Mercy and believed it had an alternate purpose related to COVID-19 or a government takeover, an affidavit states. Moreno stated that he acted alone and had not pre-planned the attempted attack.
In an interview with FBI agents, Moreno stated that “he did it out of the desire to ‘wake people up,’” according to the affidavit.
“Moreno stated that he thought that the U.S.N.S. Mercy was suspicious and did not believe ‘the ship is what they say it’s for,’” the complaint said.
He was arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer who witnessed the crash and captured Moreno as he fled the scene. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Port of Los Angeles Police are now leading the investigation.
The CHP officer reported seeing “the train smash into a concrete barrier at the end of the track, smash into a steel barrier, smash into a chain-link fence, slide through a parking lot, slide across another lot filled with gravel, and smash into a second chain-link fence,” according to an affadavit.
The Mercy arrived in port this week to provide a thousand hospital beds to take the load of regional medical centers expecting a surge of COVID-19 patients.