A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Monday. 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 13.32 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13.32 km, 45.6605° East, -12.8573° South. Global time and date of event 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 19:53:34 / June 4, 2018 @ 7:53 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:53:34 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000eil0. Event ids that are associated: us1000eil0.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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