A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.2711 East, latitude -12.8708 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jdfc. Id of event: us2000jdfc. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/19 / 2019-02-04 21:31:39 / February 4, 2019 @ 9:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:31:39 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mtsamboro, Acoua, Bandraboua. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km S of Pamandzi, Mayotte. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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