A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/18 / 2018-12-29 23:22:29 / December 29, 2018 @ 11:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.4171° East, -12.8097° South, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000iz1y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iz1y. The temblor was detected at 02:22:29 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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