A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Lincoln in Montana. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.05 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:44:25 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -112.4935° West, latitude 46.8548333° North, depth = 16.05 km. Global time and date of event 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 10:44:25 / December 12, 2017 @ 10:44 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: mb80273924. Event ids that are associated: mb80273924.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena Valley Southeast, Helena, Helena Valley West Central.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SE of Lincoln, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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