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Minor earthquake, 3.18 mag has occurred near Lincoln in Montana


Earthquake location 46.8766667S, -112.5496667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -112.5496667° West, 46.8766667° North, depth 15.74 km. Id of earthquake: mb80228809. Event ids that are associated: mb80228809. The temblor was detected at 20:59:36 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.74 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/17 / 2017-07-10 03:59:36 / July 10, 2017 @ 3:59 am.

Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SE of Lincoln, Montana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.5496667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.8766667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km SE of Lincoln, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-10 03:59:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-10 04:23:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 156 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.198 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 mb80228809 Id of event.
Event Code 80228809 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80228809, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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