A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 45.3807° East, -13.1592° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000evvy. Unique identifier: us1000evvy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/06/18 / 2018-06-19 21:35:36 / June 19, 2018 @ 9:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:35:36 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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