A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Sunday. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:13:43 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.5786° East, -12.8896° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 06:13:43 / June 3, 2018 @ 6:13 am. Unique identifier: us1000ehqc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ehqc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji. The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 37 km (23 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), 34 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
Questions or comments?
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. 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: 33 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply