A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:21:35 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6226 East, latitude -12.7939 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 16:21:35 / May 30, 2018 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000eevk. Event ids that are associated: us1000eevk.
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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