Earthquake in Montana, felt in Northern Idaho

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In Great Falls here, that was crazy! Shook the house a little bit, then a short pause, then it shook for a few seconds. About 5 minutes later it shook some more.

Wide awake now!

Where are you?

Spooky weird, isn't it? At least it's not five degrees outside...

Between Bonners and Naples. Hello neighbor!

Last Edited by Windsage on 07/06/2017 03:16 AM

BONNERS FERRY?

Dang, that's dramatic!

Yes.

Bonners Ferry is great...howdy neighbor! So you never thought quakes would follow you from Cali?!!!

Yea, that was the first quake I've ever really felt. True about the temp, quite the opposite right now. Wife an I looked at each other wondering what the hell was going on. Didn't phase my dogs, and I am pretty sure my newborn just thought she was going for a car ride as she didn't budge.

My location is..obvious..

Oh heck no, I thought it would be safer up here. Hahaha. Maybe I brought it with me....

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Obvious poster is obvious, lol. Hi, neighbor. Well we should all meet for coffee or something....

Spokane, WA here, was sitting in the basement, thought a truck had plowed into the house, shook pretty good and left things swinging, then there was a loud boom just like I remember from the '01 quakes. Neighbors didn't hear the boom, anybody else? Supposed to be a 5.8 in Lincoln, MT, felt stronger than a 3 up close.

Just now from IDAHO Statesman: (50% rule)

"Officials confirmed a strong earthquake has hit western Montana.
The U.S. Geological Survey says that area was hit with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake early Thursday about 6 miles southeast of Lincoln.
It had a depth of about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) and created at least one aftershock"

Yea, looks like we have a lot of members up here in this little section of the world.

So you are the one responsible!

I was standing at the kitchen island working on an audio amplifier when I felt the sway start.. At 1st I was like, welp, here we go, stroking out...great ... Then, realized what was happening..

aaaaaaaand one last aftershock.
Rad.

Aftershock! Not sure how big. Just hit 01:28 not quite as big as the first.

A 4.5 and a 3.9 .. was a 4.0 b4 those two ..

Hahaha! I looked around to see if ghosts are real because my chair was moving...then I thought I have had too much stress and the old head was going!

Well I don't think I'll be sleeping any time soon. Each time I've calmed down a bit we get hit with another. I don't mind an adrenaline rush but I'd rather be sleeping right now. I gotta work in the morning.

At least you won't be the only one sleep deprived tomorrow! Pretty sure a good percentage of the pacific northwest is awake now. Just try to sleep, you are safe.

LOL I hear ya.

No, it was Obama, he is the one who makes oceans rise and stuff.

Well I'm going to try to get some sleep. Good night and be safe.

And 50% rule Fox News:

""Earthquake swarms are common in Yellowstone and, on average, comprise about 50% of the total seismicity in the Yellowstone region," the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) said in a statement on its website. "UUSS will continue to monitor this swarm and will provide updates as necessary."

Though experts at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) say the risk of the Yellowstone supervolcano erupting is quite low (the probability is one in 730,000), it may erupt again in the future.

There have been three major "caldera-forming eruptions" in Yellowstone in the last 2.1 million years, the last occuring 640,000 years ago. Since then, there have been a number of smaller erurptions, with the last one emitting rhyolite lava, causing the Pitchstone Plateau flow some 70,000 years ago, the UUSS wrote on its website."

Bwahahaha! He is needy of attention.