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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Pamandzi in Mayotte


Earthquake location -12.872S, 45.4067WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Saturday. Global time and date of event 17/11/18 / 2018-11-17 17:36:07 / November 17, 2018 @ 5:36 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000htr2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000htr2. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:36:07 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 45.4067 East, latitude -12.872 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mtsamboro, Acoua, M’Tsangamouji (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (13 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 15 km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.4067° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.872° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km ESE of Pamandzi, Mayotte Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-17 17:36:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-18 22:37:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 285 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.357 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000htr2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000htr2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000htr2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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