A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/17 / 2017-09-25 08:44:42 / September 25, 2017 @ 8:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.68 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.68 km, -112.5238° West, 46.8486° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000au7c. Id of event: us2000au7c. The temblor was detected at 01:44:42 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SE of Lincoln, Montana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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