A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Polson in Montana. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/20 / 2020-04-11 17:18:01 / April 11, 2020 @ 5:18 pm. Unique identifier: mb80402939. Ids that are associated to the event: mb80402939. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:18:01 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.99 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 2.99 km, -113.737° West, 47.8293333° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km ENE of Polson, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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