A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000el67. Unique identifier: us1000el67. 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 12:03:30 / June 8, 2018 @ 12:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.5112° East, -12.9359° South, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:03:30 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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