A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 45.6666° East, -12.9304° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000exlv. Id of event: us1000exlv. Global time and date of event 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 06:02:19 / June 16, 2018 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:02:19 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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