A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:29:22 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us1000ec7v. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ec7v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 17:29:22 / May 25, 2018 @ 5:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.4886° East, -12.9632° South, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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