A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/18 / 2018-04-10 07:32:37 / April 10, 2018 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.69 km (6 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:32:37 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -112.6679 West, latitude 46.8553 North, depth = 9.69 km. Unique identifier: us2000dxj1. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80288899, us2000dxj1.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 11 km S of Lincoln, Montana.
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