A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.5867° East, -13.0693° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eq2d. Id of event: us1000eq2d. The epicenter was 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 05:30:53 / June 8, 2018 @ 5:30 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:30:53 / 8:30 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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