A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.66 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:14:47 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.6056 East, latitude -13.1058 South, depth = 15.66 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 12:14:47 / June 10, 2018 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000eris. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eris.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 49 km SE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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