A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 09:36:04 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 06:36:04 / May 25, 2018 @ 6:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, 45.611° East, -12.8325° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000ebtm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ebtm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 35 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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