A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.05 km (9 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:37:57 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/17 / 2017-07-13 16:37:57 / July 13, 2017 @ 4:37 pm. Exact location, longitude -112.5695° West, latitude 46.8564° North, depth = 14.05 km. Unique identifier: us20009w26. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009w26.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central. Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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