A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Tuesday. Event id: us1000hwxr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwxr. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 05:11:05 / November 27, 2018 @ 5:11 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 45.2993° East, latitude -12.8527° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:11:05 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mramani, Mtsamboro, Acoua (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SSE of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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