earthquake

While seismic activity is common throughout much of Montana, Livingston generally doesn't see much activity.

The seismic events were felt by many people in the Gallatin Valley including Belgrade and Bozeman.

According to the USGS, the Monday evening quake was centered near Manhattan, Montana, at a depth of just over 3.1 miles below the surface.

Over the weekend, Manhattan, Mont. experienced quite a bit of seismic activity.

Is all of this activity in the region part of a normal cycle or is something else brewing under the surface?

Early Wednesday morning the Gallatin Valley experienced an earthquake. Did you feel it?

That initial quake was followed by an aftershock registering 3.2 on the Richter Scale.

Residents from Bozeman, Belgrade, Manhattan, and surrounding areas reported feeling the quake.

The earthquakes were reported early Tuesday morning approximately 8 miles southeast of Lincoln.

Southwest Montana is one of the most seismically active places on the planet. We get dozens of small earthquakes every month.

Bozeman and Yellowstone are next door neighbors. It's no secret that Yellowstone is one of the most geologically active and earthquake prone areas on the planet and given recent activity across the globe, one can't help but think of our "neighbor". How do you prepare?

A quake with a magnitude of 7.6 stuck off the coast of Costa Rica on Wednesday morning, prompting a tsunami warning for much of the Caribbean. Details here: