A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.735 East, latitude -12.7547 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:28:20 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000egbj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000egbj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 08:28:20 / June 1, 2018 @ 8:28 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Bouéni, Mtsamboro (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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