A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/17 / 2017-07-06 07:02:27 / July 6, 2017 @ 7:02 am. The temblor was detected at 00:02:27 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.63 km (5 miles). Event id: us1000975h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000975h. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.5712 West, latitude 46.8567 North, depth = 7.63 km.
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 Anaconda, Helena Valley Southeast, Helena. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Anaconda (c. 9 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 13 km SE of Lincoln, Montana.
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