A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 08:04:48 / March 23, 2018 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:04:48 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -112.5395° West, latitude 46.8746667° North, depth = 11.6 km. Id of earthquake: mb80286829. Event ids that are associated: mb80286829.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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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