A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Polson in Montana on Saturday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:18:01 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: mb80402939, us70008u1s. Unique identifier: us70008u1s. Exact location, longitude -113.7856° West, latitude 47.8009° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 17:18:01 / April 11, 2020 @ 5:18 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Whitefish, Evergreen, Kalispell. Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kalispell (c. 19 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Evergreen (c. 7 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Whitefish (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 30 km ENE of Polson, Montana.
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