A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 09:37:02 / June 6, 2018 @ 9:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ejh5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ejh5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.7445° East, -12.9091° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:37:02 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji. Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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