A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Unique identifier: us1000eku5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eku5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.61° East, -12.9634° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 00:56:46 / June 8, 2018 @ 12:56 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:56:46 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly 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).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji. Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 40 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply