A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Manhattan in Montana. Event id: us6000506y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000506y. Global time and date of event 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 14:44:46 / August 3, 2019 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -111.3612° West, latitude 45.8564° North, depth = 4.95 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:44:46 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.95 km (3 miles).
Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Bozeman (c. 37 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Belgrade (c. 7 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Livingston (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livingston, Bozeman, Belgrade (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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. 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: 2 km W of Manhattan, Montana.
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