A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:36:38 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 18:36:38 / June 27, 2018 @ 6:36 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.5109 East, latitude -13.0078 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fw1f. Id of event: us2000fw1f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 34 km SE of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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