A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Helena Valley Northwest in Montana on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007l0j. Id of event: us60007l0j. Exact location of event, longitude -112.2071 West, latitude 46.7563 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 20:47:04 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 03:47:04 / January 31, 2020 @ 3:47 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby 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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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