A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Somers in Montana. Id of earthquake: mb80277734. Event ids that are associated: mb80277734. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 18:48:51 / January 14, 2018 @ 6:48 pm. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:48:51 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -114.1595° West, latitude 48.0946667° North, depth = 7.47 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.47 km (5 miles).
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Kalispell (c. 19 900 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Evergreen (c. 7 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Whitefish (c. 6 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whitefish, Evergreen, Kalispell.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km ENE of Somers, Montana.
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