A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000e7yk. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e7yk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 20:57:10 / May 14, 2018 @ 8:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.2846° East, latitude -13.1025° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:57:10 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 23 km SSE of Bandrele, Mayotte.
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