Earthquake: M 2.8 quake strikes near Evergreen in Montana

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Evergreen in Montana. The temblor was reported at 15:16:08 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.4 km (7 miles). Global time of event 27/03/15 / 2015-03-27 21:16:08 / March 27, 2015 @ 9:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -114.1956 West, latitude 48.1678 North, depth 11.4 km, unique identifier, mb15465103.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) from Kalispell (c. 19 900 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Evergreen (c. 7 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Whitefish (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whitefish, Kalispell, Evergreen.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-114.1956° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.1678° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km SE of Evergreen, Montana	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-03-27 21:16:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-27 22:12:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	121	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	mb	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,mb,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1931378	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	97.199992224001	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mc	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	mb15465103	Id of event.
Event Code	15465103	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb15465103,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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