A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Dillon in Montana. Exact location of event, longitude -112.5063324 West, latitude 45.3536682 North, depth = 4.27 km. Id of earthquake: mb80196774. Event ids that are associated: mb80196774. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/17 / 2017-01-14 06:32:58 / January 14, 2017 @ 6:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.27 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:32:58 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Butte (c. 34 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (c. 33 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Butte, Butte-Silver Bow (Balance) (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty 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. Each 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 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: 18 km NE of Dillon, Montana.
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