A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:24:00 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 21:24:00 / November 19, 2018 @ 9:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hx14. Id of event: us1000hx14. Exact location of event, longitude 45.502 East, latitude -12.7648 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bouéni, Acoua, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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