A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 08:23:07 / January 9, 2019 @ 8:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 45.4527° East, -12.8001° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us2000j1pz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1pz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:23:07 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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