A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 03:07:58 / 3:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/18 / 2018-03-13 10:07:58 / March 13, 2018 @ 10:07 am. Exact location of earthquake, -112.4509° West, 46.9055° North, depth 15.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.57 km (10 miles). Event id: us1000d3ts. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80286034, us1000d3ts.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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