A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte. The temblor was reported at 01:34:47 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 45.3926° East, latitude -13.2517° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000elmt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000elmt. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 22:34:47 / June 8, 2018 @ 10:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SSE of Bandrele, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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