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Witness location : Boise (USA) (114 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

A light aftershock in Boise. I felt it but no one else in my house did.

Witness location : Boise (USA) (117 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Shook pretty good. No foundation damage as far as I can see now.

Witness location : Boise (USA) (118 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Barely felt this one.

Witness location : Boise (USA) (119 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Lights flickering, floor shaking, a few items fell off shelves

Witness location : Boise (USA) (119 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Significant shaking and rolling. Couple of things fell off shelves. Hanging light pendants swaying.

Witness location : Meridian (USA) (130 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Just felt one or two little shakes in the wall I was leaning against.

Witness location : Middleton (USA) (137 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Flet a small vibration while leaning against a solid surface

Witness location : Caldwell (USA) (142 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt it in Caldwell,

Witness location : Conner (USA) (190 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

hanging lamps swaying. No other obvious signs.

Witness location : Idaho Falls (USA) (275 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Made the apartment sway

Witness location : Pocatello (USA) (276 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Very mild vibrations

Witness location : Butte (USA) (277 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I’m on the third floor of a building and I felt it quite significantly.

Witness location : (USA) (312 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I Was in a second story apt., and it started as if someone was on the side of the building, trying to rock the building back and forth (like the start of moving a stalled out car, out of the street) with a distinct "who just nudged me to the side" thought. Gradually moving to longer, slightly more forceful horizontal movements that caused a cool effect with blinds swaying, as you felt everything sway opposite to the blinds; it was almost disorienting though. The quake built up for what felt about 10ish seconds, and with a plateau of maybe an inch or two of movement (2nd story apt) for just barely longer than the build up (around 13-15 seconds), to finally, very gradually, die down(with 2-4ish spikes of power on the way down) to a very smooth finish back to balance, at roughly 20 seconds. The fading part of the quake felt the longest. Minimal liquid movement and didn't seem strong enough to knock-over/move anything except maybe loose cylindrical objects/finely balanced objects..

ETA of activity felt: 45seconds +-5
Started: Noticeably, growing slightly for around 10 seconds 
Peaked: about 12 seconds in and there was a distinct sense of "wobbling" separate from the ground that lasted for another 15 seconds
Dissipated: subtle, and gradual with minimal spikes
End: Very smooth, no sense of discomfort in spatial orientation. With the last movement felt roughly 20 seconds after the plateau