Minor earthquake 3.88 mag, 12 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/17 / 2017-07-06 07:08:59 / July 6, 2017 @ 7:08 am. Id of earthquake: mb80223624. Event ids that are associated: mb80223624. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.23 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -112.5393333° West, 46.8961667° North, depth 9.23 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:08:59 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 12 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-112.5393333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.8961667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km ESE of Lincoln, Montana	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-06 07:08:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-06 07:30:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.49	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	232	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.186	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	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	mb80223624	Id of event.
Event Code	80223624	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,mb80223624,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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