A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location, longitude 45.6034° East, latitude -12.8116° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000eb1c. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb1c. The temblor was picked up at 03:13:00 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 00:13:00 / May 24, 2018 @ 12:13 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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