A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/11/18 / 2018-11-07 06:04:23 / November 7, 2018 @ 6:04 am. Exact location of earthquake, 45.4355° East, -12.8096° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i7u5. Unique identifier: us2000i7u5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:04:23 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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