A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:24:35 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hsrn. Id of event: us1000hsrn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 22:24:35 / November 9, 2018 @ 10:24 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 45.4929 East, latitude -12.8303 South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Nearby country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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