A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kani Keli in Mayotte on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 11:05:52 / May 16, 2018 @ 11:05 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:05:52 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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). Id of earthquake: us1000e81m. Event ids that are associated: us1000e81m. Exact location of earthquake, 45.1585° East, -13.0792° South, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Bandraboua, Acoua. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 15 km SSE of Kani Keli, Mayotte.
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