A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Monday. The temblor was detected at 07:58:30 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.5486667 West, latitude 46.8793333 North, depth = 11.97 km. Unique identifier: mb80260334. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80260334. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.97 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 14:58:30 / October 9, 2017 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SE of Lincoln, Montana.
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