This was a fairly strong quake.
I felt it for about 10 seconds at my home in Pocatello, Idaho. That is in SE Idaho
Northeastern Nevada Hit by 6.0 Quake. AP (with a photo of damage)
Update: Nevada earthquake ripples through Treasure Valley [Idaho]. More than a dozen aftershocks were reported Thursday from a 6.0-magnitude temblor. Wells, Nev., was hit the hardest. By Kathleen Kreller. Idaho Statesman.
Related. Experts: Utah’s big one inevitable. Salt Lake Tribune. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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Interestingly on the earthquake site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
you can see that directly south in Mexicali there was as similar quake.