Why Did Montana Experience a Powerful Earthquake Last Night? Last night, planet Earth rumbled in a place where it usually doesn’t rumble: Montana. But it also rumbled in the Philippines. Come to think of it, it rumbled in Vanuatu and Japan too. The Earth rumbles a lot. Folks were especially surprised by the earthquake with a magnitude of 5. Montana. Well, we’re America, and weird stuff that happens to us tends to make news. ![]() But more importantly, it is kind of strange for an earthquake to happen in Western Montana. It’s not unheard of, but this was the strongest earthquake in the area in over 2. It’s part of the continental tectonic plate for North America, so there’s not a lot of movement between plates like there is in Alaska or California,” United States Geological Survey geophysicist Robert Sanders told Gizmodo. The Montana earthquake happened along the Rocky Mountain range, a place where, historically, there’s been a lot of motion in the Earth. That’s how mountains form, after all. But more commonly, earthquakes occur at the boundaries between moving tectonic plates on which the continents sit. The plates sit atop the solid- but- jiggly mantle. Places where these plates meet, including California, Alaska, Japan, and the Philippines, see earthquakes more frequently. So, while folks were complaining about drinks falling off of counters in Montana, a stronger earthquake hit the Philippines, registering a magnitude of 6. Actually, there were 3. Montana quake), according to the USGS. Did something nefarious (like humankind) cause this Montana quake? After all, there have been an increasing number of quakes in Oklahoma, in part due to wastewater injected into the ground from oil operations (there were two small earthquakes in Oklahoma last night, by the way). It’s unlikely in this case, said Sanders, since Montana oil operations mostly take place in the eastern part of the state. As for the exact physics of this quake, it will be a while before scientists get to crunching the data, said Sanders. The earth quakes. It quakes a lot. If you don’t like it, blame your parents for giving birth to you on a rumbling planet. Correction: UCLA Ph. D Candidate Sean Ahdi pointed out to us that the USGS uses the moment magnitude scale, not the outdated Richter scale, to measure earthquakes. We have updated the post and regret the error. I can’t deal with this. This video killed me. I am dead now. All the top Minecraft tips, tricks and secrets in one easy guide for beginners and veteran players alike. Dead Space 3 is hardly a perfect game, but it definitely took the series in some unexpected directions, not all of which are bad. Co-op is the most obvious—and also. Two Hours Before Sunset. Djursland, Denmark. By Robbert Vervuurt. In this article we discuss seven tips on how to use Instagram and tricks that most don't even know exist with Instagram. ![]()
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