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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag was detected near Dillon in Montana


Earthquake location 45.217166666667S, -112.46983333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Dillon in Montana. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:02:36 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: mb90063143. Unique identifier: mb90063143. Exact location of event, depth 7.79 km, -112.46983333333° West, 45.217166666667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.79 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 07:02:36 / October 7, 2024 @ 7:02 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (c. 33 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km E of Dillon, Montana.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.46983333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.217166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km E of Dillon, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-07 07:02:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-08 17:30:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 137 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1706 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 mb90063143 Id of event.
Event Code 90063143 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb90063143, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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