A Saturday morning earthquake that the U.S. Geological Survey reports as a magnitude 4.9 trembler hit in Idaho, and was felt by many in the Bitterroot Valley.
Thousands are preparing for a statewide earthquake drill tomorrow and Jennifer McKee with the Commissioner’s Office reminds Montanans not to assume their homeowner’s insurance policy will cover damage caused by an earthquake because—chances are, it probably doesn’t.
The recent magnitude six earthquake in California may seem almost imaginable in Montana, but just 60 years ago, quakes of that scale occurred fairly regularly.