A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80228809, us100098h6. Id of event: us100098h6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.3 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:59:35 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -112.5599° West, 46.8873° North, depth 17.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/17 / 2017-07-10 03:59:35 / July 10, 2017 @ 3:59 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 57 km (36 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/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 11 km SE of Lincoln, Montana.
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