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Minor earthquake: M3.03 quake has struck near West Yellowstone in Montana


Earthquake location 44.7411652S, -110.9983368WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 12 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana (7 miles). The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:37:46 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -110.9983368° West, 44.7411652° North, depth 10.4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 05:37:46 / February 18, 2018 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: uu60269347. Event ids that are associated: uu60269347. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.4 km (6 miles).

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

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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. 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: 12 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -110.9983368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.7411652° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-18 05:37:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-18 05:41:09 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 automatic 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 141 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network uu The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,uu, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09466 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 uu60269347 Id of event.
Event Code 60269347 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu60269347, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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