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Minor earthquake, 3.94 mag has occurred near West Yellowstone in Montana


Earthquake location 44.7330017S, -111.7651672WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) was reported 52 km W of West Yellowstone, Montana (32 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80154014, us200064bg. Id of event: mb80154014. The temblor was reported at 08:35:28 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 14:35:28 / June 14, 2016 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.29 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10.29 km, -111.7651672° West, 44.7330017° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km W of West Yellowstone, Montana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -111.7651672° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.7330017° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km W of West Yellowstone, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-14 14:35:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-14 14:45:09 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 3.39 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 reviewed 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 239 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID mb80154014 Id of event.
Event Code 80154014 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80154014,us200064bg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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