A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Monday. Exact location, longitude 45.582° East, latitude -12.8899° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 00:54:50 / May 21, 2018 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ebvv. Unique identifier: us1000ebvv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 03:54:50 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 44 km (28 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 (34 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 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 fifty, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 34 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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