A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Whitehall in Montana on Monday. Global time and date of event 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 19:03:14 / July 2, 2018 @ 7:03 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000fuw5. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80300149, us2000fuw5. The temblor was reported at 12:03:14 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.1663 West, latitude 45.7161 North, depth = 13.24 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.24 km (8 miles).
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Butte (c. 34 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (c. 33 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Anaconda (c. 9 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Belgrade (c. 7 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belgrade, Anaconda, Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SSW of Whitehall, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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