A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:36:44 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 45.4233° East, latitude -12.8449° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 06:36:44 / December 14, 2018 @ 6:36 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000ivbs. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivbs.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 16 km (10 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 three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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