earthquake

Back in August of 1959, an earthquake would cause a major landslide that would take the lives of dozens of people and forever chance the Montana landscape.

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

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.

Montana is the 4th most seismically active state in the country. In the event of an earthquake, these are some things you shouldn't do during as earthquake.