Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 1 km SSE of Columbia Falls, Montana

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Columbia Falls in Montana on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.1698 West, latitude 48.3593 North, depth = 12.36 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.36 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:19:03 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/20 / 2020-12-05 07:19:03 / December 5, 2020 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000cncv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cncv.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Kalispell (c. 19 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Evergreen (c. 7 600 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Whitefish (c. 6 400 pop). 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 Kalispell, Evergreen, Whitefish.

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 three 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 1 km SSE of Columbia Falls, Montana.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-114.1698° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.3593° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.36 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km SSE of Columbia Falls, Montana	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-05 07:19:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-05 07:41:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	158	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.617	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	94	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	us7000cncv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cncv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cncv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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