A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 03:03:56 / June 3, 2018 @ 3:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.7002° East, -12.7231° South. Unique identifier: us1000ekh7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ekh7. The temblor was reported at 06:03:56 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bouéni, Acoua, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days sixty and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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