A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 14:41:42 / May 14, 2018 @ 2:41 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:41:42 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000e4qp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e4qp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.5805° East, -12.7979° South, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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