A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.2549° East, -12.9432° South. 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). Unique identifier: us1000e9p9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e9p9. The temblor was reported at 06:29:09 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 03:29:09 / May 22, 2018 @ 3:29 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua. Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km ESE of Bandrele, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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