A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The temblor was detected at 09:17:00 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000ejlc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ejlc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/18 / 2018-06-01 06:17:00 / June 1, 2018 @ 6:17 am. Exact location, longitude 45.6292° East, latitude -12.8769° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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