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🚨 MONTANA EARTHQUAKE –M4.2 NEAR GREAT FALLS Montana just had a magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Great Falls. USGS lists the event on January 29, 2026 at about 12:41 p.m. Mountain Time, with the epicenter about 8 km northeast of Black Eagle and roughly 12 km northeast of Malmstrom Air Force Base, at a shallow depth. For people in the area, this is strong enough to feel – a jolt, a rumble, maybe a few things rattling – even though it is not a large quake in global terms. First question everyone asks

🚨 EARTHQUAKE — MONTANA 🚨 A Magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near Great Falls, Montana at 12:41 PM on January 29, 2026, centered about 7 miles northeast of Malmstrom Air Force Base, according to the United States Geological Survey. With a shallow depth of roughly 6 miles, the shaking was sudden and clearly felt across the area. Many reported a sharp jolt followed by a brief rumble — a reminder that seismic activity isn’t limited to the West Coast. 📍 Near Great Falls, MT 📅 January 29, 2026 👇 D

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🚨 Rare 4.2 Quake Hits Near Great Falls, Montana 🚨 A magnitude 4.2 struck northeast of Great Falls this afternoon. Quakes of this strength are uncommon this close to the city. In the wider 300-kilometer region around Great Falls, only about ten to eleven magnitude-4 or stronger earthquakes have occurred in the past decade, which makes a shallow event of this level stand out immediately. Most of Montana’s seismic activity stays below magnitude 3 and usually happens farther west along the Intermo