A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 15:48:08 / May 15, 2018 @ 3:48 pm. Event id: us1000e5k1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e5k1. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:48:08 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.5861 East, latitude -12.7724 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Bouéni, Mtsamboro (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mtsamboro (c. 7 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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