A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 20:20:53 / January 23, 2019 @ 8:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7ze. Unique identifier: us2000j7ze. The temblor was detected at 23:20:53 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 45.4867° East, latitude -12.795° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Mtsamboro, Bouéni. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Dzaoudzi (c. 15 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Dembeni (c. 10 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sada (c. 9 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bandraboua (c. 7 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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