A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Bandrele in Mayotte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ekd6. Unique identifier: us1000ekd6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.421° East, -13.2792° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:15:55 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 06:15:55 / June 2, 2018 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days ninety-two 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.
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