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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 49 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte


Earthquake location -12.9748S, 45.6974WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The temblor was reported at 20:41:29 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000f1d4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f1d4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/06/18 / 2018-06-25 17:41:29 / June 25, 2018 @ 5:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.6974 East, latitude -12.9748 South, depth = 10.75 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.75 km (7 miles).

Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 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), 57 km (36 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 66 km (41 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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 49 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.6974° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.9748° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-25 17:41:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-25 17:59:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.186 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000f1d4 Id of event.
Event Code 1000f1d4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000f1d4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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