A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/11/18 / 2018-11-13 22:38:59 / November 13, 2018 @ 10:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.5378 East, latitude -12.7629 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:59 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000huv9. Event ids that are associated: us1000huv9.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bouéni, Acoua, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 27 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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