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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag has occurred near Whitefish in Montana

Posted by admin on September 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 48.519S, -114.5761667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Whitefish in Montana. Exact location of event, depth 10.89 km, -114.5761667° West, 48.519° North. The temblor was detected at 23:49:42 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/09/17 / 2017-09-18 06:49:42 / September 18, 2017 @ 6:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.89 km (7 miles). Event id: mb80256179. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80256179.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Kalispell (c. 19 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Evergreen (c. 7 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Whitefish (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalispell, Evergreen, Whitefish (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 21 km NW of Whitefish, Montana.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.5761667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km NW of Whitefish, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-18 06:49:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-18 13:01:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 124 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.528 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 mb80256179 Id of event.
Event Code 80256179 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80256179, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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