A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kani Keli in Mayotte on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 00:01:33 / December 26, 2018 @ 12:01 am. Event id: us2000ixjq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ixjq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 45.1587° East, -13.0815° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:01:33 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Bandraboua, Acoua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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