On March 31, 2020 at 5:52 PM there was a magnitude 6.5
earthquake here in Idaho. It was centered about 78 miles from Boise, in the
mountains near Stanley (population ~60) and about 40 miles east from Cascade (population
~1000). A USA Today article by Steve Kiggins was titled ‘The floor was moving’:
6.5 earthquake strikes in Idaho, largest in the state since 1963. An Idaho
Statesman article by Ruth Brown on April 1, 2020 was titled 60-plus aftershocks
follow magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Idaho, avalanche closes Idaho 21. No one was
killed but 3 of 4 stone crosses on a church here in Boise were damaged. This
minor crisis gave us a break from thinking about coronavirus.
The 6.5 magnitude for this quake is just slightly smaller
than the 6.7 for the 1994 Northridge Earthquake which occurred in a Los Angeles
neighborhood and killed 57 people.
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