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Earthquakes in strange places: An impressive mag 5.8 hits an area in Montana which has no previous record of quake activity according to USGS!
8-16-17
USGS
An impressive mag 5.8 has struck near Lincoln, Montana, it comes just 2 and a half weeks after a cluster of over 450 minor to middle size quakes hit near by Yellowstone Supervolcano, with the largest being a mag 4.5.
USGS claim 'No region summary available for this location,' meaning no quakes have ever been reported in this area of Montana.
There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage but the real concern is where the quake occurred.
Nine aftershocks have been recorded in the area with the largest being a mag 4.9.
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/07/earthquakes-in-strange-places.html
Power in outages in Lincoln have been reported.