Released: July 18, 2017 03:15 PM MDT

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that a minor

earthquake of magnitude 3.6 occurred at 02:31 PM on July 18, 2017

(MDT). The epicenter of the shock was located 9.3 mi N of W.

Yellowstone, MT. This earthquake is part of an ongoing sequence

of earthquakes that began on June 12, 2017 and included a

a magnitude 4.4 event on June 15, 2017, 9.0 mi NNE of W.

Yellowstone, MT. Today’s M 3.6 earthquake was reported felt in

Yellowstone National Park and in West Yellowstone, MT. It was

followed by numerous smaller earthquakes, the largest of which

had magnitudes of 2.8 and 2.9. The total number of located

earthquakes in the current sequence has now exceeded 1200.

Anyone who felt the earthquake is encouraged to fill out a survey form

either on the Seismograph Stations website: www.quake.utah.edu or the

US Geological Survey website: earthquake.usgs.gov.

Earthquake Summary:

Date (UTC): July 18, 2017 Time (UTC): 20:31

Date (local): July 18, 2017 Time (local): 02:31 PM MDT

Latitude: 44 47.25′ N

Longitude: 111 2.27′ W

Preferred magnitude: 3.60 Ml