A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.48 km (7 miles). The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:00:38 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/17 / 2017-10-02 09:00:38 / October 2, 2017 @ 9:00 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80258759. Id of event: mb80258759. Exact location of event, longitude -112.5288333 West, latitude 46.8718333 North, depth = 11.48 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (30 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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