A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.569° East, -12.939° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:01:58 / 8:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 17:01:58 / June 3, 2018 @ 5:01 pm. Unique identifier: us1000ei7n. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ei7n.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji.
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-five, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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