A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Seeley Lake in Montana on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10.82 km, -113.1571667° West, 47.0886667° North. The temblor was detected at 19:48:21 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/17 / 2017-07-10 02:48:21 / July 10, 2017 @ 2:48 am. Unique identifier: mb80228764. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80228764. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.82 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orchard Homes, Missoula. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Missoula (c. 66 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Orchard Homes (c. 5 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 26 km ESE of Seeley Lake, Montana.
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