A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. The temblor was reported at 08:32:05 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -113.161 West, latitude 46.8968333 North, depth = 11.19 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.19 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: mb80338419. Event ids that are associated: mb80338419. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/19 / 2019-03-21 15:32:05 / March 21, 2019 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Missoula (c. 66 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Orchard Homes (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orchard Homes, Missoula. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 37 km W of Lincoln, Montana.
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