BOISE, ID - NOVEMBER 14, 2017: The downtown Boise skyline. (Photo by Joe Jaszewski for The Washington Post via Getty Images) A large earthquake struck north of Boise, Idaho, Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting shaking.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the magnitude 6.5 temblor struck just before 5 p.m. It was centered 73 miles (118 kilometers) northeast of Meridian, Idaho.
One person on Twitter posted a video the moment the earthquake occured, which appeared to show items on their living room table shaking as the person announced "there is an earthquake happening!" Katie Link posted a video on Twitter of her chandelier shaking expressing disbalief that Idaho would experience something like this. "Am I dumb like I