A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.6811 East, latitude -12.8524 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000efef. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000efef. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 08:43:51 / May 31, 2018 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:43:51 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 43 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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