A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The temblor was detected at 12:54:17 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 45.4151 East, latitude -12.8299 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 09:54:17 / January 20, 2019 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6l8. Unique identifier: us2000j6l8.
Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 25 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), 35 km (22 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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