A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ezf3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ezf3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/18 / 2018-06-22 12:50:03 / June 22, 2018 @ 12:50 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:50:03 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 45.7444° East, -12.9645° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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