A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Manhattan in Montana on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.96 km (2 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:42:00 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 00:42:00 / August 4, 2019 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600050e4. Id of event: us600050e4. Exact location of event, longitude -111.3883 West, latitude 45.8304 North, depth = 2.96 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Livingston, Bozeman, Belgrade (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Bozeman (c. 37 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Belgrade (c. 7 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Livingston (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SW of Manhattan, Montana.
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