A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:12:32 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezz4. Unique identifier: us1000ezz4. Exact location of earthquake, 45.6618° East, -12.9544° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 00:12:32 / June 24, 2018 @ 12:12 am.
Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (31 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 48 km (30 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), 45 km (28 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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