M2.7 earthquake 9 km NNW of Ovando, Montana

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Ovando, Montana on Sun, Jul 9, 2017, 8:48 PM MDT (02:48 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 12 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.056 · 42 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology	Final · ±0.283 · 17 stations

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 198.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100098gv (also filed as mb80228764). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.