A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pamandzi in Mayotte. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:27:50 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000je53. Event ids that are associated: us2000je53. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 13:27:50 / January 23, 2019 @ 1:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 45.4083 East, latitude -12.7816 South, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Mamoudzou (c. 54 800 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Koungou (c. 18 100 pop), 16 km (10 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), 14 km (9 miles) from Pamandzi (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acoua, Bouéni, Kani Kéli (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mayotte (c. 159 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km E of Pamandzi, Mayotte.
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