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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana


Earthquake location 46.8725S, -112.5363333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.69 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 17:15:30 / April 14, 2018 @ 5:15 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:15:30 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -112.5363333° West, 46.8725° North, depth 12.69 km. Event id: mb80289939. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80289939.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 49 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.5363333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.8725° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km SE of Lincoln, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-14 17:15:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-15 14:10:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network mb The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,mb, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.188 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID mb80289939 Id of event.
Event Code 80289939 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80289939, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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