A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.6414° East, -13.0253° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000emd6. Unique identifier: us1000emd6. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:36:35 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 22:36:35 / June 9, 2018 @ 10:36 pm.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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