A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -112.6515° West, 46.8853333° North, depth 14.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 17:48:34 / February 3, 2019 @ 5:48 pm. The temblor was detected at 10:48:34 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.6 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80334764. Id of event: mb80334764.
The epicenter was 57 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). Nearest cities/city/villages 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).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 8 km SSE of Lincoln, Montana.
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