A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.6478 East, latitude -13.1269 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 13:11:32 / May 19, 2018 @ 1:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:11:32 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e8yp. Id of event: us1000e8yp. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 54 km SE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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