5.8 magnitude earthquake hits western Montana

[underpants]

Source: CNN

(CNN) A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck western Montana early Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey.

The earthquake was 13.6 kilometers (8.4 miles) in depth and was about 33 miles northwest of Helena, the capital, according to USGS. It struck about 7 miles southeast of Lincoln, which has a population of 1,013.

Residents as far as Spokane, Washington, and Seattle reportedly felt the first tremors shortly after midnight, according to CNN affiliate KRTV-TV. Several 911 call centers reported being swamped, but there was no early word of injuries or major structural damage, the station reported.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/07/06/us/montana-earthquake/index.html

[Shell_Seas]

1. The volcano is going to blow.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Put us out of our misery...

Although the supervolcano is south of Helena, I suppose there could be tremors elsewhere.

[global1]

5. I Don't Know Where I'm A Gonna Go....

when the volcano blows!!!!!

[Coventina]

9. I developed a fondness for that song as I drove around the Big Island

and Volcanoes National Park!

Gallows humor....

[Baclava]

6. Actually, Yellowstone is in Wyoming, about 170 miles away...but, wait..."It's all cracking open...!"

aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee




"California is next! Run away!"

[Shell_Seas]

7. That's what I'm saying!

[Brother Buzz]

11. Yellowstone is parked over three states

Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, and Yellowstone sits on top of four overlapping calderas; one is in Montana.

[Baclava]

15. OK - a tiny bit of it, still everybody is freaking out, this quake wasn't even close to the caldera

Over 150 miles away

[Podkayne K]

2. Montana Shakes

"Day After Day (it's slipping away)" goes:
"Where will they go when there's no San Francisco?
Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho."
Uh, Maybe not.

[classof56]

10. Welcome to DU

Glad to have you on board. Stay safe!

Peace.

[Podkayne K]

16. Appreciate

Thanks.

Glad to be part of it all.

PK

[bucolic_frolic]

4. 911 Call Centers??????

for the survivalist get-the-government-off-our-backs crowd??

They're going wimpy.

[2naSalit]

13. That's not funny...

we aren't all dump-humping preppers you know.

[gay texan]

8. it totally ruined

My crop of dental floss. My pygmy pony is scared shitless...

[Doug the Dem]

12. Is there Fracking in Montana?

Maybe this wasn't a natural event. Just wondering.

[2naSalit]

14. Ther's fracking and coal mining here...

but I'll have to look at some maps to see how close that stuff is to the epicenter. I felt it over 100 miles away, whole me right up, felt the first aftershock too... and I was in a two story brick building. Felt quite a few when I lived in southern CA, so I knew what it was right away.

[haele]

17. 13.6 kilometers down is a natural earthquake zone. And it was supposedly felt as far as Bend, OR

That's very, very deep - far deeper than fracking or coal mining could contribute.
Remember, these are the Rockies - they are created from upthrust pressure that originates from plate on plate movement over 700 miles to the West. sort of like having a sheet of paper on a table, putting a hand on either long edge, then pushing the edges closer together. While there could be some volcanic activity in the area, I'm pretty sure it isn't affected by Yellowstone.

Honestly - I'd be more worried about what the Cascadia Subduction zone is doing than I would Yellowstone at this point.

Haele