A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.7387° East, latitude -12.7873° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 05:58:53 / May 18, 2018 @ 5:58 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:58:53 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e8an. Unique identifier: us1000e8an.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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