A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Dzaoudzi in Mayotte on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 17:42:38 / January 9, 2019 @ 5:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000j8t1. Event ids that are associated: us2000j8t1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.2625 East, latitude -12.7718 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:42:38 / 8:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mramani, Kani Kéli, Bouéni (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 4 km (2 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km NE of Dzaoudzi, Mayotte.
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