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Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag strikes near Lincoln in Montana


Earthquake location 46.8985S, -112.6543333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: mb80381004. Unique identifier: mb80381004. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:35:37 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/02/20 / 2020-02-07 05:35:37 / February 7, 2020 @ 5:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.65 km (8 miles). Exact location, longitude -112.6543333° West, latitude 46.8985° North, depth = 13.65 km.

Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSE of Lincoln, Montana.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.6543333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.8985° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SSE of Lincoln, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-07 05:35:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-07 15:32:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 130 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network mb The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,mb, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.013 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID mb80381004 Id of event.
Event Code 80381004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80381004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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