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Minor earthquake 3.28 mag, 10 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana


Earthquake location 46.905S, -112.5621667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Lincoln in Montana on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 21:10:01 / October 21, 2017 @ 9:10 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -112.5621667° West, 46.905° North, depth 11.64 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb80264469. Id of event: mb80264469. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.64 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:10:01 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.5621667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km ESE 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 2017-10-21 21:10:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-23 20:59:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 166 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 17 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 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 mb80264469 Id of event.
Event Code 80264469 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,mb80264469, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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