A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.5485 East, latitude -12.878 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:16 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 20:25:16 / May 15, 2018 @ 8:25 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000e5su. Event ids that are associated: us1000e5su.
The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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