A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 00:31:49 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80223669, us1000976d. Id of event: us1000976d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/17 / 2017-07-06 07:31:49 / July 6, 2017 @ 7:31 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.66 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -112.4492 West, latitude 46.8359 North, depth = 10.66 km.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns 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 fourty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SE of Lincoln, Montana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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