A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Helena Valley Northeast in Montana. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 14:18:59 / January 1, 2025 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -111.58216666667° West, 46.786333333333° North, depth 15.66 km. Event id: mb90069928. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: mb90069928. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.66 km (10 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:18:59 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Helena, Helena Valley West Central, Helena Valley Southeast. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Helena (c. 28 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Helena Valley Southeast (c. 8 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Helena Valley West Central (c. 7 900 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km ENE of Helena Valley Northeast, Montana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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