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Light earthquake, 4.04 mag strikes near Whitehall in Montana

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Whitehall in Montana. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:44:13 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: mb80168294. Event ids that are associated: mb80168294. Exact location of event, depth 1.47 km, -112.1333313° West, 45.7193336° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/16 / 2016-09-03 23:44:13 / September 3, 2016 @ 11:44 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.47 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bozeman, Anaconda, Belgrade (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Bozeman (c. 37 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Butte (c. 34 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (c. 33 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Anaconda (c. 9 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Belgrade (c. 7 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km S of Whitehall, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.04 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-112.1333313° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	45.7193336° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km S of Whitehall, Montana	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-03 23:44:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-04 02:17:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.66	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	254	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		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	mb80168294	Id of event.
Event Code	80168294	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb80168294,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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