Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag strikes near Seeley Lake in Montana

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Seeley Lake in Montana. The temblor was detected at 07:40:19 / 7:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.71 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 13:40:19 / August 29, 2016 @ 1:40 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5.71 km, -113.3146667° West, 46.9561667° North. Event id: mb80167234. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80167234.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orchard Homes, Missoula. Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Missoula (c. 66 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Orchard Homes (c. 5 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.93 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-113.3146667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.9561667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-29 13:40:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-29 14:14:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	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	132	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	86	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	mb80167234	Id of event.
Event Code	80167234	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb80167234,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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