A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000edeh. Unique identifier: us1000edeh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7611° East, -12.878° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:55:16 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 13:55:16 / May 28, 2018 @ 1:55 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 52 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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